repositories.conf "branch" option [Solved]

[sedo_5]

Hi everyone.
While I was editing my /etc/entropy/repositories.conf , I noticed this line

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branch|5

Actually I started to use Sabayon since version 5 (and never had a problem since now...thank you rolling release!!! ).
Anyway, I was just wondering about the need of this option. Does this affect the upgrade process? Should I edit in

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branch|7

now?

Thank you for your elucidation|

Renzo

[sabayonino]

Hi

Sabayon Now is a rolling release ; branch option is old. (don't comment or remove this line !)

when you run :

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# equo update && equo upgrade

your sabayon is rolled at last version (Seven at the moment)

Sabayon developer team is too small to maintain multiple versions...

[sedo_5]

Hi sabayonino and thanks for your reply.

Of course I know that it's a rolling release (love it!)...i wouldn't use it if I didn't know that

Anyway, my doubt was about why there is still the number "5" (I started to think there could have been some upgrade problem)...anyway if you say that this number is "normal" (maybe the option is kept for compatibility) and doesn't affect the upgrade process, then it's ok for me!

Bye

Renzo

[Stupot]

Entropy Branches and Sabayon releases do not correlate.

Originally, they did, for Sabayon 4 and Sabayon 5, but starting from Sabayon 6 onwards, they do not any longer.

The only time the branch will change is if there is an extremely significant change coming down the pipes, and entropy will automatically notify you if that happens and you will be asked to make the switch to the next branch manually.

But I'm not aware of any branch change scheduled, so if it happens, it won't be for quite a while.

[sedo_5]

Ok, great, now that's clear.
Solved.