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Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 19:27:26 +0100 |
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> Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o> wrote: |
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>>I'd like to have the stages/ directory only contain stage3 files and |
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>>have the stage1/2's in experimental or similar. |
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I suppose those stages will still be released. I'd like to have them available |
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for the *very rare* occasions they are actually needed. |
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Anyway, there's no point discussing that here as we're not reaching the right |
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audience. |
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> If most of us are to be advised to use only stage 3 for installation, |
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Everyone is already advised to use stage3 |
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> that will remove one of the main advantages of Gentoo, namely having |
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> everything compiled on the machine it's running on. |
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That choice is not removed at all. |
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FWIW, it's not the main advantage of Gentoo, flexibility is IMHO. |
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It has already been said many times and it has already been translated into |
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several languages, so for the umpteenth time, it is *faster* and less error |
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prone to use a stage3, edit your CFLAGS/USE flags and recompile everything. |
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Regards, |
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/ Xavier Neys |
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