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On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 12:52:54AM -0700, Daniel Robbins wrote: |
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> Necessary changes to the docs to accomodate this: mention that if the |
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> user wants to install from stage2, the stage2 will need to be grabbed |
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> from our mirrors using wget. Most users don't use stage2, so this won't |
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> impact very many people. |
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This is fairly trivial. |
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> Users no longer need to do a cp -a /mnt/cdrom/packages/All/* step for |
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> CD1. This simplifies installation. The downside to this is that |
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> things like metalog and vixie-cron will need to be compiled from |
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> source. This isn't too horrible since they don't take particularly |
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> long to compile. And the sources for these packages will be included |
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> on CD1. |
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The main job here (documentation-wise) is to move all references to GRP |
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outside it's current location [1] and towards the beginning of the |
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installation (not the end as not all architectures follow the same |
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structure). That's not a real problem (at least not on first sight) but |
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translations of the Gentoo Handbook may lag behind a bit if this is pursued |
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for 2004.0. |
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> The lack of .tbz2s on CD1 would also mean that for the entire |
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> installation process up to the first reboot, you don't need to use |
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> "emerge -k." But using emerge with a -k would still continue to work. |
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> This could allow for simplification of the docs (remove unnecessary '-k' |
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> references.) |
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Those are already removed in the draft 'cause I hated them. Too many users |
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thought it was required. |
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> Please let me know what you think of this new layout proposal. |
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Well, personally I'm a bit disappointed as I won't be able to tell people |
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that Gentoo can be installed in less than 20 minutes without network |
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connection (it is possible using PORTAGE_BINHOST and an I'net connection). |
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I do agree with the advantages and don't see any showstoppers. |
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Wkr, |
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Sven Vermeulen |
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[1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/draft/handbook.xml?part=1&chap=5 |
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