If you have ever tried to install the latest version of a distro while keeping the config from the previous version, it's basically the same except spread out over time, which I find a lot more comfortable.
When something is broken after an update, either :
- the steps to take are immediately obvious from the error message
- it looks like a config issue, and I'll then have a look at the new config file pacman has created as file.conf.pacnew and try to merge it with my existing file.conf
- I have no idea and google the error message with "site:bbs.archlinux.org", which 99% of the time will yield the answer quickly.
I have a few packages that are excluded from pacman updates, because they're too important for work (SBCL mainly). They will only be updated once in a while. The rest ot the updates are done depending on my work and my mood : I'll do a complete update, particularly on my home server, only when I have time for it and am in the mood to fix things,
Overall, I find it much more comfortable than always postponing installing the new version of a distro because it will be too much work to replicate my setup, and ending up stuck with outdated software.
When something is broken after an update, either :
- the steps to take are immediately obvious from the error message
- it looks like a config issue, and I'll then have a look at the new config file pacman has created as file.conf.pacnew and try to merge it with my existing file.conf
- I have no idea and google the error message with "site:bbs.archlinux.org", which 99% of the time will yield the answer quickly.
I have a few packages that are excluded from pacman updates, because they're too important for work (SBCL mainly). They will only be updated once in a while. The rest ot the updates are done depending on my work and my mood : I'll do a complete update, particularly on my home server, only when I have time for it and am in the mood to fix things,
Overall, I find it much more comfortable than always postponing installing the new version of a distro because it will be too much work to replicate my setup, and ending up stuck with outdated software.