Editing Gentoo Linux (section)

===Profiles===

Although Gentoo does not have a concept of versioning the entire system, it does make use of "profiles", which define build configuration for all packages in the system. Major changes, such as changing the layout of how files are installed across the entire system, typically involve a profile upgrade and may require rebuilding all installed software. These profiles are versioned based on the year they were released, and include several variants for each release targeted towards different types of systems (such as [[Server (computing)|servers]] and [[Desktop computer|desktops]]). Profiles formerly tracked the versioning of install media, and switched to two-digit year naming after the discontinuation of versioned media. The following new profile versions have been released after 2008.0:

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! Version
! Date/info
|-
| 10.0 || {{dts|2009-08-06|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/a6a1edc89202d698e0c4ebe472a9e511 |title=New 10.0 profiles are in repository |date=2009-08-06 |access-date=2018-02-10 |archive-date=February 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212004922/https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/a6a1edc89202d698e0c4ebe472a9e511 |url-status=live}}</ref> (cosmetic name change from 2008.0 profiles)
|-
| 13.0 || {{dts|2013-02-10|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2013-02-10-new-13-profiles-server.html |title=New 13.0 profiles and deprecation of 10.0 profiles |date=2013-02-10 |access-date=2018-02-09 |archive-date=December 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222003308/https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2013-02-10-new-13-profiles-server.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 17.0 || {{dts|2017-11-30|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2017-11-30-new-17-profiles.html |title=New 17.0 profiles in the Gentoo repository |date=2017-11-30 |access-date=2018-02-09 |archive-date=December 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222002930/https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2017-11-30-new-17-profiles.html |url-status=live}}</ref> ([[C++14]] and [[Position-independent code#Position-independent executables|PIE]] by default)
|-
| 17.1 || {{dts|2017-12-26|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2017-12-26-experimental-amd64-17-1-profiles.html |title=Experimental amd64 17.1 profiles up for testing |date=2017-12-26 |access-date=2018-02-09 |archive-date=December 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222003035/https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2017-12-26-experimental-amd64-17-1-profiles.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> (altered multilib layout for [[X86-64|amd64]] systems)
|-
| 23.0 || {{dts|2024-03-22|format=mdy}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2024-03-22-new-23-profiles.html |title=Profile upgrade to version 23.0 available |date=2024-03-22 |access-date=2024-04-18 |archive-date=2024-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330122530/https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2024-03-22-new-23-profiles.html}}</ref> (merged /usr became the default)
|}