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 1QTCpe-0001E9-L6 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:53:30 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 18ED11C1B8 for ; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 12:53:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 319851C1DF for ; Sun, 5 Jun 2011 12:44:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxp4 with SMTP id 4so843088yxp.40 for ; Sun, 05 Jun 2011 05:44:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=KriEme2IjxuRpMb501IwqSUAk/r5sqzb0VT7Q023JzE=; b=MW3N1rni9GquUfMoRwenKzkLUjeRrt+29KObfOqpuSKM8ffHpgUYdcnVjXINYRTepG 6BFlB1bqyZlUWEC7RSABM31bfXwfYsX8FRC1ruv6DbxzhS7YvTJC6a2ugdFk/cIAq1iL ldzQZIA1lba2MFHHIZkkCUjyqkV82ppUQ8wek= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to:user-agent; b=C+nYMTK/EjDR5djfps53AJp3PmhkWroCBzHY3eM0ycA58t0cOWtJoDqTG1rXGB+M/u dYXfxVZmbyE+juw9GuS1pX2QGs70yqAZ3E9udgZfr9WbueOltU4/ExRaj0RB4HBoQvD6 Czz4IJj1F7MIKMfF7han3Jcvwg+OSWrsQqmYQ= Received: by 10.150.66.16 with SMTP id o16mr3236227yba.419.1307277863645; Sun, 05 Jun 2011 05:44:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gaurahari.merseine.nu (adsl-72-152-83-64.asm.bellsouth.net [72.152.83.64]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x32sm2582159anx.32.2011.06.05.05.44.22 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 05 Jun 2011 05:44:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 08:44:19 -0400 From: Indi To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Threads changing Was: OT: website design Message-ID: <20110605124419.GC4962@gaurahari.merseine.nu> References: <61A321C6-5D7C-49CE-B87B-3E4180958D22@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <201106051334.37352.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <20110605115736.GE30857@gaurahari.merseine.nu> <201106051431.21575.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201106051431.21575.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 7fc850c2c76b1b8204c58930a9ca097d On Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 02:31:21PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 13:57 on Sunday 05 June 2011, Indi did = opine=20 > thusly: >=20 > > On Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 01:34:37PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > >=20 > > > > > > A victim of "release early, release often"? :-) > >=20 > > Yes, definitely.=20 > > One of these days I'll switch back to stable, just haven't=20 > > been willing to bite that bullet quite yet. At least it's=20 > > helped me temper my obsessive tendencies a bit -- I only=20 > > update on Saturday now. :) >=20 > Have you ever made that switch before? >=20 > It's not worth trying, far easier to re-install and retain your data. S= omeone=20 > here tried it a few months back and did succeed, but the cost! >=20 > Find first blocker, follow it down the rabbit hole, resolve all nodes o= n the=20 > gigantic tree you just built, emerge. Rinse and repeat with next visibl= e=20 > blocker. Do this many times. >=20 > At least glibc issue won't be as big a factor as it was for that fellow= . IIRC=20 > he had to go from 2.10 to 2.7, today it's only 2.13 back to 2.12 >=20 Yes, probably I'm unlikely to do it... Never did actually switch from testing to stable, it's always the other way around. Every now and then I'll delete the "~" and type "emerge -vauND world", it always looks like a fracking nightmare... In fact, testing branch is remarkable good and more stable than most distro's "stable" branch. The gentoo devs are truly magnificent at their job. --=20 caveat utilitor =E2=99=AB =E2=9D=A4 =E2=99=AB =E2=9D=A4 =E2=99=AB =E2=9D=A4 =E2=99=AB =E2= =9D=A4=20