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On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 05:47:08PM -0700, Robin H.Johnson wrote: |
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> I propose that we make a _large_ announcement to all users that they will |
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> need to run a specific set of commands, and put all of the packages |
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> involved into the stable tree in a single move, so that as little |
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> redundant rebuilding as possible is done. |
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By most estimates, we have close to 200k users, maybe more. You cannot |
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announce something like that to 200k people. A minority are a part of |
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the forums/mailing list/IRC community. |
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We need an automatic upgrade path or this just isn't really viable and |
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will result in a lot of angry users. |
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Jon Portnoy |
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