Re: Void-Stable?

[bougyman <boug...@rubyists.com>]

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I would also get output of 'these packages have security updates' in the
timeframe.

bougy

On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 6:16 PM, bougyman <boug...@rubyists.com> wrote:

>
>   With the existence of the void daily package archive, I've been bouncing
> around an idea about how someone (some admin/architect/enterprise) could
> maintain
> their own 'stable' release cycle of void. If upon initial configuration
> the repos are set to an archive with a date stamp, and the user has a way
> to validate that moving
> from that datestamp to ### future datestamp doesn't (potentially) break
> any functionality, they can safely choose an upgrade path. for instance.
>
> I install on 2015-03-26 and lock the repository to the archive snapshot of
> that date
>
> on 2015-04-26 I run *magic-command* and ask if upgrading to current
> (2015-04-26) would (potentially) break any installed packages.
>
> I get output about any important breaking changes (to xbps, etc) which may
> require an 'upgrade this first' action or 'remove these' actions.
> I get output that may just say: 'Upgrade to 2015-04-01 first, then to
> 2015-04-15, then 2015-04-26' (or does this automagically?)
>
> Thoughts?
>
> bougy
>
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