On Tuesday 19 Jun 2012 16:31:49 Arno Gaboury wrote: > On 06/19/2012 04:20 PM, Bartłomiej Piotrowski wrote: > > On 06/19/2012 04:14 PM, gt wrote: > >> Can you please elaborate how you manage the regular updates, especially > >> kernel, udev, glibc etc. Do you hold back the upgrades to packages which > >> require a restart? > > > > This is exactly how I handle kernel updates. Afaik glibc and udev > > updates don't require reboot. > > gt pointed here a good point who honestly refrains me a litle bit from > using Arch, even if I feel comfortable with this distro and its community. I have a once-a-month scheduled reboot to take care of kernel upgrades. I hold back linux and udev, because they tend to rely on each other. ArchLinux does take quite a bit of time to keep up-to-date, but in my opinion the inconvenience is *far* outweighed by the the simplicity of configuration, building & customising packages, feeling of being in control, etc... Paul
