Hey there!

Due to a number of changes, the next system upgrade will require manual intervention.

Yet again, I discovered a bug in Sisyphus. This time in it's dependency parser (thanks bsd4me for help), and as a consequence, it must be the first package to be upgraded :

sisyphus --update (resync the trees)
emerge -Gva sisyphus (pull the latest sisyphus v3.1910.1-r2)
sisyphus --rescue (will refresh sisyphus's binary database with up to date information, optional)

Once it's complete, you can do a full system upgrade :

sisyphus --upgrade

Here comes the tricky part. This upgrade will replace sysvinit with openrc-init as PID1. Once the system upgrade is complete, you won't be able to shutdown or reboot your machine. If your machine has a reset button, use it to reboot. If not, you can still reboot the system using MAGIC_SYSRQ :

Press and hold Alt + Print Screen and then press R + E + I + S + U + B in order.

Once the system reboots, openrc-init will take over and boot the system. Now may be a good time to remove any orphan packages :

sisyphus --remove-orphans

Assuming everything works, congratulations, you just performed the system upgrade.

Changes aside this system upgrade is intended to make your life much easy from now on. Here is a brief changelog :

• openrc-init is now PID1, replacing sysvinit (we plan to enable RC_PARALLEL for a faster boot speed)
• libglvnd is now enabled for GL dispatch, replacing eselect-opengl (installation of proprietary nvidia-drivers is now as easy as : install, reboot, enjoy)
• xorg-server is patched to allow PRIME using proprietary nvidia-drivers(bumblebee is now dropped, if you have it, uninstall it and install nvidia-prime instead)
• the linux kernel is updated to v5.4.5 (with aditional hardening enabled)
• the linux lts kernel is updated to v4.19.90
• package updates all over the place, should be a few hundred

P.S.: if you installed proprietary nvidia-drivers by other means (aka downloading from nvidia website, this upgrade will likely cause issues, please start from a fresh install).

P.P.S.: the above instructions will work and must be applied on existing installs or on fresh installs made using the 1908 Redcore release. A fresh ISO image will come out soon, incorporating all the changes.

I would like to apologise for any lack of progress in the last month and a half, but some health issues kept me away.

Regards!