Re: [Hampshire] Gentoo (was Unsupported Etch updates)

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Author: Hugo Mills
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Gentoo (was Unsupported Etch updates)

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On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:37:50PM +0000, Samuel Penn wrote:
> Basically, there is only one version of Gentoo, and no concept of releases
> or versions of the Gentoo distribution. Individual packages are updated,
> but you never need to update the distribution itself. It's a bit like your
> Grandfather's Axe. The axe handed down to you is the same axe your
> Grandfather used when he was a lad. You've had to replace the handle, and
> your father had to replace the head, but it's the same Axe.


Heading off on a complete tangent, my parents own "Auntie Sue's
bench", which is a garden bench that's had the wooden parts replaced
three times, and the ironwork replaced twice.

These things really do happen in real life. :)

Hugo.

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