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On 3/16/07, Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> wrote: |
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> The 2007.0 snapshot is what we build the release against. It has |
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> nothing to do with your installing a system or not, as you will want to |
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> update your system after installation *anyway* so using a 2006.1 CD and |
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> running an "emerge --sync" and updating world afterwards will give you |
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> the exact same results. |
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Aren't Gentoo releases, such as 2007.0, a "gold seal" so to speak, |
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denoting increased stability and QA scrutiny when compared with any |
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randomly chosen Gentoo snapshot? This is the assumption behind my |
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desire to base my deployment on the 2007.0 release, and it appears to |
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be supported by the following claim on Release Engineering's project |
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page: |
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"This project is very much focused on ensuring that the initial |
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quality of every official release is as high as possible, and that the |
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"from CD" experience is as positive for as many of our users as |
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possible." |
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I could, as you suggest, forgo the waiting and deploy right now using |
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2006.1 + sync + update world, but it seems to me that would result in |
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installations that have the least possible assurances on stability and |
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quality, given that the number of changes made to Gentoo since the |
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last release-quality mark, 2006.1, is near its peak. (In other words, |
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the further from a release in terms of changes made, the less |
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meaningful is the "gold seal" signified by that release.) Furthermore, |
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because any issues currently holding back the 2007.0 "gold seal" are |
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hidden from users by the restricted release tracker bug, I have no way |
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to make an informed decision of whether or not to take my chances. |
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> If this is really something that would cause you to go to another |
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> distribution over, there's not much that we can do about it and it is |
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> likely that you might not be happy with Gentoo, anyway. |
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I've been administering Gentoo systems happily for several years. |
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Please don't dismiss my expectations; I believe they're reasonable |
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given Release Engineering's stated goals. |
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