At 2004-09-14T13:52:48+1200, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote:
> OK you are probably correct but the point I was trying to make was
> that with a couple of commands...
> emerge rsync && emerge -up world
> then
> emerge -uU world
Right. But that's no easier than, for example, Debian:
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get upgrade
(or dist-upgrade)
...or any other distribution with an online updates mechanism.
Of course, you won't get new releases of packages (e.g. KDE) using an
online updates mechanism for a distribution that is release-based, like
SuSE or Red Hat, but you will for any distribution where rolling
updates, package-by-package, are available.
> It is very simple for a user (not a geek or an expert) to have very up
> to date packages. I will stop now because I do not want to run down
> other distros - I just like the ease of use with Gentoo - for me.
You could also argue that someone who isn't a geek or expert wouldn't
care that their distribution didn't provide the absolute latest and
greatest version. As long as security updates are available, it doesn't
matter much for many people.
Cheers,
-mjg
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