On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 08:21 -0700, Duncan wrote:
> Is there a convenient profile archive somewhere?  If not, perhaps one
> should be created, and at deletion from the tree, the profile dir in
> question is replaced with a file (or the empty dir with only that
> file) pointing to the archive.  This archive could then keep the last
> workable profile snapshot around for another six months or so, or perhaps
> even forever, given the cost of storage now days.  The pointer to it in
> the tree could then be removed 30 days or 6 months after the profile
> itself was removed, /forcing/ action on any laggards.

I think an easier solution would be a portage rescue set of profiles.
These would be minimal profiles not designed for actual use, but only
for performing a portage update for those people that lag too far
behind.  The idea would be a very tiny profile, per arch, that is not
cascaded.

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Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux