Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Riyad Kalla <rsk@×××××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Release/Stable/Dev
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:46:01
Message-Id: 002a01c290a3$2cd39d10$d628c480@rsk
1 This is more of a "how does this work" question:
2
3 I notice so much activity on this list all the time with new packages
4 and new ideas and new ebuilds, etc. etc... And I realize that the idea
5 of a "release version" of Gentoo isn't the same as RedHat or Mandrake
6 where there is a snapshot in time of a code base that is deemed a
7 "release", its sort of this every-growing and changing repository of
8 ebuilds.
9
10 This is cool and everything, but it also makes it hard for people that
11 need to get a "stable release quality" version to say slap on a
12 production server... So for example, if I download Gentoo 1.4, and
13 install it today, and my coworker downloads gentoo 1.4 and installs it 2
14 weeks from now, we *might* have different systems cause when he emerged
15 his original system, some of the packages had changed... (is this an
16 accurate assessment?)
17
18 How do I combat this? Say if I'm interested in a rock-solid snapshot of
19 Gentoo without going through an ungodly amount of administrative setup
20 and mirroring of the snapshot etc.? I realize that rock-solid is
21 relative sometimes, but I'm more asking along the lines of say gcc gets
22 update from 3.2 to 3.4 (hypothetically), and everyone knows that 3.2 is
23 more stable, and there are some growing pains going on with 3.4, BUT 3.4
24 is the current ebuild... That sort of deal, so when I install gentoo on
25 a new work station, I want to keep the versions of Gentoo static across
26 all machines, or atleast in synch with eachother.
27
28 There is a flat-out question in the paragraphs above and then some
29 hidden sort of every-day use questions, sorry if things seem a bit
30 unclear, its only because I'm a bit unclear on how to use gentoo in a
31 "release" fashion, even though portage seems to be an ever changing
32 mass. (portage is the software right? How do I refer to the repository
33 of ebuilds? "the portage tree?")
34
35 Thanks!
36
37 -Riyad
38
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Release/Stable/Dev Mark Constable <markc@×××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Release/Stable/Dev Toby Dickenson <tdickenson@××××××××××××××××××××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Release/Stable/Dev Chad Huneycutt <chadh@g.o>