Perhaps we could take a slightly different approach.  What if we changed our 
standard install procedures to include placing /home on it's own partition, 
adding a strong recommendation to the state1 and 2 documentation that new 
users should begin with stage3 installs, and add a section to the doc for 
rebuilding an installation without losing everything?  This would give new 
users who start with stage3 installs with a path forward if they choose to 
experiment with stage1 or 2 installs after the become familiar with gentoo.

Just a thought.

Mike

On November 6, 2005 04:41 pm, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 19:27:26 +0100
>
> Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o> wrote:
> > I'd like to have the stages/ directory only contain stage3 files and
> > have the stage1/2's in experimental or similar.
>
> If most of us are to be advised to use only stage 3 for installation,
> that will remove one of the main advantages of Gentoo, namely having
> everything compiled on the machine it's running on. What advice will be
> offered on remerging first the toolkit, then the system packages and
> then the world files? Is maguire's emwrap script to be promoted?
> (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-282474-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start
>-200.html)
>
> --
> Rgds
> Peter.

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