-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thierry Carrez wrote: > Omkhar Arasaratnam wrote: > > >>I think most of the assumptions that you're making involve giving your >>user population root access. >>Don't > > > ?? > The assumptions I am making are clearly not involving giving a user > population root access. I just point to the lack of tools to maintain > semi-frozen trees and to automate software updates on a large enterprise > desktop deployment, and try to see if this gathers interest. I fail to > see where I need to give wheel to user. > > My position would rather be that workstations don't need a portage tree > or an emerge command. A software deployment server could push package > installation on workstations and keep track of what's installed where > and with which configuration files. >
Would the semi-frozen tree you're looking for be embodied by GLEP 14? (I think it would for my needs.) Imagine if you could do something like this: # emerge --securityupdates world And you would get only the updates required by GLSA's that affect /your/ machine. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0014.html This is similar to what Enterprises do with Windows installations, and I honestly think GLEP 14 could become portage's killer feature benefiting 'normal' users and enterprise users alike. The ability to push updates from a central location is, of course, a separate matter. :) Nathan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCuVgR2QTTR4CNEQARAqr3AJ9YqU09o9ZzeAVOapVCu5DnfyXCJwCgnDT6 RzGQ8mNP9qxH6RePsnIpK6M= =a99r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
