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On 9/19/05, Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 02:07 -0400, Bryan Quigley wrote: |
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> > I am a noob with gentoo and linux. Are you trying to make it harder |
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> > for me to install gentoo, and make it take more time? |
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> I think what Andrew is trying to do is curb the people out there that |
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> think that using a graphical installer makes Gentoo any easier to |
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> install, when it does not. |
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> > gentoo was my first real attempt at linux, and I installed it as I |
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> > read the handbook. I didnt read and master the handbook before |
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> > starting the install. |
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> You don't have to read and master it, you just have to follow it. The |
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> problem here is stemming from people that are refusing to read the |
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> Handbook, then wondering why they can't get Gentoo installed and are |
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> starting to flood our support channels with questions answered in the |
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> Handbook. |
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> > If you believe that someone having trouble with gentoo would ask it on |
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> > a list instead of reading the handbook. Then might they just ask the |
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> > questions from the test? |
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> Exactly. This is the reason why I think any kind of quiz would be |
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> pretty pointless. Perhaps a starting page that tells the user that the |
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> documentation is located in the Handbook and that they should read the |
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> Handbook before asking questions would be good, but anything as |
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> pervasive as a quiz is pretty much wasted time on both the developer's |
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> part and the user's. |
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> Do we need a copy of the Handbook on the CD for use by the installer? |
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> That shouldn't be a problem and is of minimal size. One other thing |
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> that we will need is information on the installer added to the Handbook, |
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> as right now, a lot of assumptions are made that the users will be able |
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> to translate the command-line options from the Handbook into clicks (or |
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> selections) in the installer front-ends. |
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> Yes, it is going to take a lot of work. Yes, it is going to suck. Yes, |
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> I recommend trying to find and bribe one of the docs team members into |
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> being an installer docs monkey for a short while. ;] |
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> Chris Gianelloni |
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> Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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> Games - Developer |
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> Gentoo Linux |
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