On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote:
> One thing to keep in mind when we're talking about the download of
> historical binaries is the obligations of the GPL, etc, in that regard.
>...
> But once you start shipping historical binaries, as we're talking here,
Actuall
Rich Freeman posted on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:50:28 -0400 as excerpted:
> I wonder if there is a way to get around keeping cruft in the tree for
> the sake of those who don't update often.
>
> Something that comes to mind is having a binpkg repository for
> everything in system - essentially a binpk
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote:
> You're very correct about portage getting confused if the existing
> packages are outdated, since the tarball would be dropping in untracked
> files. At least in the past, portage wouldn't unmerge glibc or the like,
> but it ce
Duncan posted on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:26:58 + as excerpted:
> Patrick Lauer posted on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:45:16 +0200 as excerpted:
>
>> [Keeping an up and running system during a reinstall is] not as easy
>> as it could be.
> Can't disagree there. =:^)
... And upon further thought, can't di
Patrick Lauer posted on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:45:16 +0200 as excerpted:
>> So keeping an up and running machine even with a reinstall isn't a
>> problem, certainly no more of one than fighting with broken installs,
>> because everything has changed out from under the existing one.
>
> It's not as e
On 07/01/11 11:25, Duncan wrote:
> Nirbheek Chauhan posted on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:26:50 +0530 as excerpted:
>
>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Dale wrote:
>>> William Hubbs wrote:
>>> As a user, if a person hasn't upgraded in about 6 months, they may as
>>> well reinstall anyway. That is usua
Nirbheek Chauhan posted on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:26:50 +0530 as excerpted:
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Dale wrote:
>> William Hubbs wrote:
>> As a user, if a person hasn't upgraded in about 6 months, they may as
>> well reinstall anyway. That is usually the advice given on -user.
>> After
