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* Re: [gentoo-user] how do you keep up with system administration?
  @ 2007-05-29 14:40 99% ` Ryan Sims
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From: Ryan Sims @ 2007-05-29 14:40 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On 5/29/07, Denis <denis.che@gmail.com> 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
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