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foser wrote: |
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> Besides the fact that the document disregards most of the discussion |
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> here on the D&R list so far concerning an installer. |
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I didn't think it did that and if it did, it was because we have to find |
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out if all projects involved can come to a reasonable method of |
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integration before we do anything else. It's just a document to help |
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explain why we would bring all three together. A general understanding |
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of each project is assumed and for those that don't know them, links are |
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provided as well as a short description. |
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> It -in my opinion-, |
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> like most other installer projects (except pen2), describes an installer |
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> that is a full replacement for the current installation process, which i |
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> think shoots way beyond the target audience of an installer. |
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As for replacing the current process, that is not the idea. The idea is |
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to open up Gentoo to people who do not like, do not wish to repeat, or |
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do not have time to repeat the current process and there are a number of |
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those people. Many of them were at LWE. Of course, that's not really the |
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point, either. The console is always going to be there as will the |
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documentation; no one is looking to replace that and mandate some new |
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method of installing machines. This is another option for those that |
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want it. For those people with 300+ machines, the current process |
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doesn't exactly scale and this kind of project was desirable. That's all. |
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With regard to the target audience, there are two, yes. There are people |
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who want to install desktop systems using a graphic installer and those |
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that want an automated, unattended system. The processes vary to only a |
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small degree and being able to work from both a common code base and |
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community will not hurt any of the parties involved. Neither will take |
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precedence or overshadow the other. Neither is more important than the |
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other. I don't think it's unreasonable to work together on a project |
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that is beneficial to both types of users. Gentoo, itself, takes both |
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types of users into account already and extending the same thought |
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process to a project such as an installer works. |
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I understand that some people don't want an installer and other don't |
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want an automated installer and others don't want a GUI installer, ad |
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infinitum. No one will be forced to use either and with the amount of |
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people involved, working on a combined system should not detract from |
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either. If everyone involved in the three projects remains involved (and |
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I hope they do) we'll have 6+ people coding. That's a large enough team |
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to work on a project that is modular enough to be worked on by that many |
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people when separated properly. |
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Eric Sammer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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http://www.gentoo.org |