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From: Michael Weber <xmw@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: update commands / world file pollution Re: [gentoo-dev] Stable sys-devel/gcc USE flag changes WAS: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in eclass: ChangeLog toolchain.eclass
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:41:42
Message-Id: 50F90AAE.80507@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: update commands / world file pollution Re: [gentoo-dev] Stable sys-devel/gcc USE flag changes WAS: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in eclass: ChangeLog toolchain.eclass by "Benedikt Böhm"
1 On 01/18/2013 09:28 AM, Benedikt Böhm wrote:
2 > i've refrained from doing unattended upgrades for a long time, but i'm
3 > quite confident in updateworld these days and i usually test it on 2-3
4 > machines and then let the other 50+ machines do it unattended and it has
5 > been working fine so far ...
6 good strategy.
7
8 > but - and that's quite important i guess - i only use my own clone of
9 > the portage tree which i sync from time to time and i also keep
10 > different versions stable, etc.
11 HEAVY USER! But you have full control.
12 Do you have any sophisticated mechanism to detect tree breakage (i.e. us
13 f*** up), like Samuli replying -commit to -dev or irc activity?
14
15 Or do you simply delay commit? (re-schedule on weekends/nights)
16
17 Delaying stabilization seems legit, but on Gentoo-stable ?!
18
19 --
20 Michael Weber
21 Gentoo Developer
22 web: https://xmw.de/
23 mailto: Michael Weber <xmw@g.o>

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