From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PmqdX-0005JV-NH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:41:55 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 28B3DE092B; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 16:41:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EF7CE08E6 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 16:40:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gentoo.org (mayo-nat4.mayo.edu [129.176.197.23]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: dberkholz) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E209A1B4094 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 16:40:28 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 10:41:17 -0600 From: Donnie Berkholz To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] avoiding urgent stabilizations Message-ID: <20110208164116.GC31166@comet.mayo.edu> References: <20110207205059.GA10939@bookie> <1297165414.2669.1@NeddySeagoon> <20110208120348.GA13292@bookie.wireless.manchester.ac.uk> <20110208122235.GD28923@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GPJrCs/72TxItFYR" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110208122235.GD28923@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 7bd05d521c353b48ec4b46a2ae368202 --GPJrCs/72TxItFYR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 13:22 Tue 08 Feb , Fabian Groffen wrote: > With Gentoo you should update on fairly regular intervals, and have=20 > the time inbetween as short as possible, but 2 or 3 weeks appears to=20 > be fine. I myself have a cronjob that syncs every night, and mails me=20 > the output of emerge -Dupv world. When this list gets too large, it's=20 > typically about time to do some updating. FWIW, in experience from my past two positions, updates to "critical"=20 systems at least quarterly, and no more than monthly, seem to produce=20 good results that balance effort and stability. (With exceptions for security issues.) --=20 Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Sr. Developer, Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.com --GPJrCs/72TxItFYR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk1RciwACgkQXVaO67S1rtuw9ACg3UG10O9mzeX4nRSRQh3PWcEY UvYAnjFdvdHmpYaveG6te3pfVeqM1JBM =z15L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GPJrCs/72TxItFYR--