hi,

i am a long time debian user but need to run plone which is not currently
available in debian stable.

does anyone have any experience of running either zope or plone on a gentoo
box?

and - after reading through the website i really like the philosophy behind
gentoo - but would like to know how it compares to debian stable in 2
important areas.

stability - debian stable machines can run for years at a time - and even
go through major upgrades without a reboot - how does this compare with
gentoo? do updates cause problems?
(i am thinking of a server box so no X or any obscure apps - it would
mainly be apache, postgresql, FTP, postfix etc).

security - debian stable has security patches released extremely quickly -
and all patches/updates are installed from a single command. again, how
does this compare with gentoo? does the 'emerge sync' command also bring
in security patches?

thanks,

kev

PS - are there any books for gentoo or is the online docs detailed enough
for most?