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On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 5:39 AM, Ben de Groot wrote: |
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> On 12 August 2010 17:13, Thilo Bangert wrote: |
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>> Ben de Groot said: |
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>>> On 9 August 2010 14:29, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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>>> > sure would be nice if someone picked up the installer again ... |
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>>> No, it wouldn't. Best leave that dead and buried. |
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>> Could you explain why you think so? |
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> 1) it was an experiment plagued by bugs, some *very* serious |
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bugs are not a reason to not work on a solution many found useful |
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> 2) the normal, "hands-on", follow the handbook, manual install has |
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> always been the recommended way to install Gentoo, and could be |
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> considered a rite of passage, familiarizing the user with how things |
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> are done in this distro |
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*yawn* ... heralding from the age of "everything is done from the |
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console" does not preclude simple and helpful GUI automation. no one |
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is talking about changing the recommended install procedure, just |
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providing more options. forcing a command line install can also waste |
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time on repeat installs as knowledge of the install procedures really |
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doesnt help you in maintenance of Gentoo once installed. |
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> 3) too few people are interested in developing, testing and |
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> maintaining this; making it more likely that a revival of this project |
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> will result in failure again |
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that's why i said "it'd be nice" and not "i'm going to do it" |
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-mike |
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