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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Ht2xb-0005zL-OH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 29 May 2007 14:46:08 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4TEis9l008641; Tue, 29 May 2007 14:44:54 GMT Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.178]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4TEeqrf004468 for ; Tue, 29 May 2007 14:40:53 GMT Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id p76so2984540pyb for ; Tue, 29 May 2007 07:40:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=VspUr9Noh396Yk9cqqkWfnnTp8TLYY3fabwIhOJgRHf1HvgMakeZET4ME2h3HKCsQP0LUX/gPoiUJbS3NdtEvWQ1q6RSfXSru07epDkeovoWzonzeiDCDobpkLDPBtfZCzLnB0zJkuG6O5J3P536RK/4qFB5YGw68V6AzA/NYKE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=sbMxkvH+MqNdYXXq41C44CjLxqA5MJtff7xPboorKrPPj5HNR9K4g5L7UGEzZgdORNCwiA/ue/XKj+CqPJANZMYGhzNVcrgH2vgzhcaH3Q0GxoRKc40EWG7A9eiw/I5cTRwiRbhTEowBo6YHF6TbLeNfolynFuGPHLYbXUvyANw= Received: by 10.35.126.2 with SMTP id d2mr13414902pyn.1180449651472; Tue, 29 May 2007 07:40:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.94.18 with HTTP; Tue, 29 May 2007 07:40:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <64e8d2f20705290740h55aac804jeba8bd571731cfc8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 10:40:51 -0400 From: "Ryan Sims" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how do you keep up with system administration? In-Reply-To: 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; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: X-Archives-Salt: 08e26799-0326-4668-ac5f-8341c2faaaef X-Archives-Hash: 7678ffa37bd12459fd1aea80a52946e9 On 5/29/07, Denis wrote: > How often do you sync with the current portage tree and compare it > your versions in "world"? Should one do this once a week? Once in > two weeks? > > How often to you update major components, like Xorg, kernel, and > system tool chain? As soon as new things become available, or, say, > once a month or so? > > The reason I ask is because I often don't have a lot of time to devote > to system administration on a regular basis but do want to keep my box > updated as much as possible. How do some of you non-developers > balance system administration with your "day job"? > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > I have 2 gentoo boxes in our apartment(one's quiet since we just moved and I haven't gotten back to it yet), I sync around once a week, and -uDavN world when I sync. If there are packages that look important (gcc, glibc, baselayout, etc) I do a bit more research. I watch gentoo.org and this list. The only time I put off an update is if I see notes about it on gentoo.org or such; things like the xorg modular ebuilds, the new java system, etc. I have portage email me the elog. It's just me and my wife using the boxes, so I'm not as careful as I would be were it a production server, but I've never really been bitten, either. As for balance with what I'm actually paid to do, if I'm taken up with work, I don't update until I get some free time. -- Ryan W Sims -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list