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 1F6wmQ-0006f2-0G for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:23:14 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k18LLgaD014894; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 21:21:42 GMT Received: from www.rout.co.nz (203-79-82-53.adsl-wns.paradise.net.nz [203.79.82.53]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k18LE64W003196 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 21:14:07 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.2] (nick.rout.co.nz [192.168.1.2]) by www.rout.co.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62ED91CCEFD for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 10:12:10 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:14:06 +1300 From: Nick Rout To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo 2006.0 In-Reply-To: <200602081601.24154.schroder@ntplx.net> References: <200602081601.24154.schroder@ntplx.net> Message-Id: <20060209101040.608F.NICK@rout.co.nz> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Mailer: Becky! ver. 2.21.04 [en] X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id k18LE64W003196 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id k18LLgaU014894 X-Archives-Salt: 7b6879c5-97b8-4f50-9cf4-37a298a062a8 X-Archives-Hash: b2bf8c8f512da705e96092754aeee17e On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 16:01:24 -0500 Ernie Schroder wrote: > On Wednesday 08 February 2006 15:19, a tiny voice compelled Jorge Mart=ED= n to=20 > write: > > Is Gentoo 2006.0 going to be released anytime soon? I want to install > > Gentoo on my home computer but I'm too lazy to insall 2005.1.r1 and u= pgrade > > all packages so I'm waiting for 2006.0. >=20 >=20 > Gentoo version numbers are not really very significant. Using the docum= ented=20 > install instructions, you will install all the latest applications upda= ted=20 > when you sync your portage tree. > --=20 > Regards, Ernie Very true, but what is useful is the GRP packages that are released with every release point, enabling an up to date precompiled gentoo with kde and/or gnome [1] to be up and running within an hour or two. I know precompiled binaries are not for everyone, but they can be very useful. =20 [1] and/or XFCE? cannot recall off the top of my head. > --=20 > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list --=20 Nick Rout --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list