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>>>>> On Wed, 03 Nov 2021, John Helmert wrote: |
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>> | https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20091109-summary.txt |
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>> | Upgrade path for old systems |
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>> | Vote (unanimous): The ebuild tree must provide an upgrade path to a |
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>> | stable system that hasn't been updated for one year. |
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> Does "upgrade path" imply a simple world upgrade is all that should be |
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> necessary to upgrade the system? I wouldn't interpret it this way. |
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That a "simple world upgrade" was meant is very clear from the full |
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meeting log, and from the log of the previous 2009-10-12 meeting (open |
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floor section). |
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Apparently the problem is neither new (see above, it existed in 2009) |
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nor is it uncommon. In fact, the Gentoo e.V. will have a workshop about |
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this topic on 2021-11-20 [1]. |
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Ulrich |
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[1] https://gentoo-ev.org/news/online-workshops-2021/ |
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