On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 at 20:05, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > What I found misleading (and tripped over) was the implication that > the three step migration process outlined in the news item had a > reasonable likelyhood of working for a large percentage of users. > > If the new items had warned that anybody using one of <hundreds?> > packages that won't work with 3.12 are going to have to stop after > step 1 until those packages have been brought "up to date" so that > they can build with 3.12. Had I known that, I wouldn't have tried the > three step migration and would have simply postponed the upgrade.
Maybe I've been using gentoo too long, but I never assumed these three steps were a 'single upgrade' recipe, I assumed each step were to be undertaken as the portage tree allowed. Reading the news item again, I see that no such thing is implied, but perhaps it should have been? Otherwise, what is the point of these steps as opposed to the automatic upgrade portage initially attempts? The only way it is safer is if you have a complete functioning system between each step, so I naturally assumed that there could be waiting between each step to allow the tree to come to an upgradeable state. Maybe some wording to that effect should be added when the 3.13 update rolls around. Either way, I went for the "bunch of 3.11 stuff in package.use" since I "enjoy" that kind of process, so I wasn't impacted. Regards, Arve
