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On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 04:44:53PM -0400 or thereabouts, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> Also, what about the Gentoo Server (or whatever it is called this week) |
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> project? Is one of their main concerns not the ability to do fast |
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> installs? |
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There is a difference between providing the tools to allow for fast |
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installs (emerge -k and the like) and providing the binaries to allow for |
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fast installs. The gentoo server project is all about the former and has |
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no interest in supporting the latter. |
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For reasons why, please see: |
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~rac/binaries.html |
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> I agree, provided it DOES provide an answer to the "fast install" and |
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> not just masks the problem by making the machine "usable". |
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Having a usable machine, fast, is the entire purpose of GRP. That same |
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functionality is also provided by Gentoopix. |
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Gentoopix comes with far less ongoing headaches and resource requirements |
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than GRP does and it also allows us to realize the full benefits of Gentoo |
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for our user base. They can still install things optimized for their arch, |
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tailored to their needs. They can still have complete control over how |
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their system is set up. They can still do all the things that GRP doesn't |
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allow them to do and still have a usable machine at the same time. |
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--kurt |
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