From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FYpnx-0002VC-9Q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:36:05 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k3QJYtCY007860; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:34:55 GMT Received: from tombstone.gnosys.us (tombstone.GnoSys.us [216.237.98.194]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k3QJUamG001046 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:30:36 GMT Received: from [10.69.169.192] (mandible.asciolla.com [216.237.98.195]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tombstone.gnosys.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id A14268AD30 for ; Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:30:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <444FCA5B.3010202@gnosysllc.com> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:30:35 -0400 From: Kevin User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Macintosh/20060308) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Wishlist: an automated package upgrade system with fine-tunable sysadmin control References: <444F9FD0.6030909@gnosysllc.com> <1146071071.32740.5.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> <444FBAF2.8040000@gnosysllc.com> <4a64cf400604261139y19de2c33o2cabbfa64dbda5b0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4a64cf400604261139y19de2c33o2cabbfa64dbda5b0@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 8138afdd-498c-4b2e-8a21-b0df236fde30 X-Archives-Hash: 0cb8ff0596959e9457814839975396ec Jean-Francois Gagnon Laporte wrote: > On 4/26/06, Kevin wrote: >> What I really want is to make the process of maintaining Gentoo boxes >> over the long term easier (IOW: less time-consuming) than is now true, >> by adding some functionality that AFAICT does not now exist which would >> allow me to automate some things, turn off automation of other things, >> and as the sysadmin, have control over what those things should be. In >> my mind at least, the central theme in Gentoo of choice dovetails nicely >> with what I'm trying to describe here: control and choice that is highly >> fine-tunable by the owner of the box in regards to package upgrades. > > Have a look at GLCU (http://www.panhorst.com/glcu/). Might not be the > perfect solution for your needs but it might help. Tools like this > one, /etc/portage and a private overlay for testing and/or pinning > would be pretty usefull for you right now. Might want to check GLEP 19 > IIRC for the enterprise tree idea. Thanks very kindly for your reply and pointer, Jean-Francois! -Kevin -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list