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William Hubbs wrote: |
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> All, |
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> the time has come when baselayout-2.x and openrc are stable on all of |
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> our architectures. That means that we should look into removing |
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> baselayout-1 from the tree, removing support for it from our init |
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> scripts and removing support for migration from the openrc |
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> ebuilds. |
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> 1. we can remove baselayout-1 from the tree, I think, as soon as bug |
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> #368597 is closed, because once that is done, all new installs should |
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> be based on baselayout-2.x and openrc. |
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> 2. The next step is to reverse the changes we made in bug #273138 and |
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> any other init scripts that have been reacting differently depending on |
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> whether they were under baselayout-1 or openrc. Optionally we could |
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> rework init scripts to take advantage of openrc specific features such |
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> as the *_pre/post functions at this point. |
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> Once this is completed, the init scripts in portage will not support |
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> baselayout-1, so if anyone is still on baselayout-1 we should find a way |
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> to encourage them to migrate -- maybe a news item? Also, we should come |
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> up with a time window that will be published in this news item that will |
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> mark the end of supporting migration from baselayout-1 to openrc. |
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> 3. The final step is to remove the code from the openrc ebuilds that |
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> supports migrating from baselayout-1.x. Once we do this another news |
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> item should be published since this is the point of no return; anyone |
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> running a baselayout-1 based system will have to re-install to upgrade |
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> once we drop this support. |
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> Please discuss. Did I leave out any steps? Are there any points I have |
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> left out besides the time window between steps 2 and 3? Should there be |
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> a time window before removing baselayout-1? What about between steps 1 |
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> and 2? What do you consider to be a reasonable time window before we |
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> stop supporting migration from baselayout-1 to baselayout-2/openrc? I'm |
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> thinking on the order of a few months, but not years. |
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> Thanks, |
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> William |
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As a user, if a person hasn't upgraded in about 6 months, they may as |
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well reinstall anyway. That is usually the advice given on -user. |
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After a year without updating, it is certainly easier and most likely |
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faster to reinstall. Almost everything will be updated and there is |
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usually a few upgrades that are touchy and will have to be dealt with. |
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My thoughts, after a year, baselayout1 could be laid to rest. At that |
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point, a reinstall would be the easiest and fastest anyway. |
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Just a users perspective. YMMV. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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