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> > And to the person (Andrew I think) who quoted the following from the gentoo site as a reason for not having release branches...
> > 
> > "*Portage allows you to set up Gentoo Linux the way you like it*..."
> > 
> > It doesnt. Just when I get it how I like it, it changes.

"IT changes"??  I'm at a loss here.  You mean that YOU keep telling it
to change?  <wink>  I think that you missed Daniel Robbins point:
>>>
I'd recommend that people who don't want to have the latest and greatest
versions of everything (and everything that goes with it), don't use
--update with emerge. <<<

When you get it how you like it -- stop.  Don't "emerge --update"; don't
"emerge" new stuff.  You've got what you want -- why change it?  ;-)

Well, at least make a backup at your "I like it" point.