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Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: |
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> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> William Hubbs wrote: |
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>> As a user, if a person hasn't upgraded in about 6 months, they may as well |
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>> reinstall anyway. That is usually the advice given on -user. After a year |
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>> without updating, it is certainly easier and most likely faster to |
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>> reinstall. |
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> Except for the fact that while you upgrade, you still have a usable |
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> system. Reinstallation means a massive time-sink during which your |
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> machine is completely unusable. This is not an option for a lot of |
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> people. |
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> If -user is regularly giving that kind of advice, I think you guys are |
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> making a huge mistake. |
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> I'm not going to support this kind of max-6-month-upgrade life cycle |
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> for Gentoo. We're effectively driving our users away to distros like |
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> Ubuntu that allow you to upgrade every LTS release instead of |
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> constantly or every 6 months. |
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Well, it has been done. A while ago, if I recall this correctly, |
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someone hadn't updated in about a year. He tried to upgrade but ran |
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into issue after issue. After a couple days, he ended up reinstalling. |
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It just depends on what updates have come along that causes issues. |
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I think things are better than they used to be but sometimes, it is |
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faster to just reinstall and be done with it. It's either spend a day |
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or more dealing with problems or spending a day getting a fresh start. |
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As for not having a system, I have one when I do my install. I just |
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boot Knoppix and use it. I can use a web browser to follow the docs and |
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check email. It's one of many ways to install Gentoo. |
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It's not about what Gentoo supports, it's about what is faster, easier |
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or at times, both. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |