Re: [gentoo-user] best practice for kernel mainteneance

2008-11-28 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag 28 November 2008 13:48:15 schrieb ext Thanasis: > Am I supposed/ should I upgrade when a new source tree becomes stable? I'd say no, but that's a question that you can only answer yourself, it depend solely on your needs. Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (

Re: [gentoo-user] best practice for kernel mainteneance

2008-11-28 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag 28 November 2008 13:47:48 schrieb ext Thanasis: > OK, I'm not acquainted with git... :-\ , but that's another subject. :-) I only mentioned it because I find it most convinient for kernel source update. Only one source directory around (no cleanup of old source package needed), easy

Re: [gentoo-user] best practice for kernel mainteneance

2008-11-28 Thread Thanasis
on 11/28/2008 11:54 AM Alan McKinnon wrote the following: On Friday 28 November 2008 10:41:55 Thanasis wrote: Regarding kernel maintenance, mostly from the point of view of security, which is the best way to go: 1) Having gentoo-sources in /var/lib/portage/world, which would mean the sources

Re: [gentoo-user] best practice for kernel mainteneance

2008-11-28 Thread Thanasis
on 11/28/2008 10:53 AM Dirk Heinrichs wrote the following: Am Freitag 28 November 2008 09:41:55 schrieb ext Thanasis: Regarding kernel maintenance, mostly from the point of view of security, which is the best way to go: 1) Having gentoo-sources in /var/lib/portage/world, which would mean the

Re: [gentoo-user] best practice for kernel mainteneance

2008-11-28 Thread Thanasis
on 11/28/2008 12:31 PM Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote the following: On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 6:41 AM, Thanasis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Regarding kernel maintenance, mostly from the point of view of security, which is the best way to go: 1) Having gentoo-sources in /var/lib/portage/worl

Re: [gentoo-user] best practice for kernel mainteneance

2008-11-28 Thread Dale
Thanasis wrote: > Regarding kernel maintenance, mostly from the point of view of > security, which is the best way to go: > 1) Having gentoo-sources in /var/lib/portage/world, which would mean > the sources would be upgraded whenever portage marks a newer version > as stable (provided someone follo

Re: [gentoo-user] best practice for kernel mainteneance

2008-11-28 Thread Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 6:41 AM, Thanasis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Regarding kernel maintenance, mostly from the point of view of security, > which is the best way to go: > 1) Having gentoo-sources in /var/lib/portage/world, which would mean the > sources would be upgraded whenever portage mark

Re: [gentoo-user] best practice for kernel mainteneance

2008-11-28 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 28 November 2008 10:41:55 Thanasis wrote: > Regarding kernel maintenance, mostly from the point of view of security, > which is the best way to go: > 1) Having gentoo-sources in /var/lib/portage/world, which would mean the > sources would be upgraded whenever portage marks a newer version

Re: [gentoo-user] best practice for kernel mainteneance

2008-11-28 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Freitag 28 November 2008 09:41:55 schrieb ext Thanasis: > Regarding kernel maintenance, mostly from the point of view of security, > which is the best way to go: > 1) Having gentoo-sources in /var/lib/portage/world, which would mean the > sources would be upgraded whenever portage marks a newer

[gentoo-user] best practice for kernel mainteneance

2008-11-28 Thread Thanasis
Regarding kernel maintenance, mostly from the point of view of security, which is the best way to go: 1) Having gentoo-sources in /var/lib/portage/world, which would mean the sources would be upgraded whenever portage marks a newer version as stable (provided someone follows stable)? 2) Not havi