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On 03/27/2012 03:13 PM, Ian Stakenvicius wrote: |
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> On 27/03/12 03:04 PM, Aaron W. Swenson wrote: |
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>>> You know, we have "Code Listing 2.1: Filesystem Example" in |
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>>> Section 4, we could always adjust that to have a /usr/portage |
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>>> partition in it (take a bit of space away from /home, or |
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>>> something) |
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>>> It doesn't recommend/require anything, but when users see it |
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>>> they'll think about it. |
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>> That isn't the way users read it, though. They read it and |
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>> assume that is precisely how they *need* to configure their disk |
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>> layout. |
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>> - Aaron |
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> Really? It's been a while since i hung out in #gentoo, but i was |
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> there pretty solidly for a couple of years and i don't recall any |
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> new user (to gentoo or linux) reporting in, saying they set up |
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> their disk(s) with all of those partitions. They pretty well |
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> always followed the "default partitioning scheme" listed in the |
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> table in 4.b (which is used for every other example on that |
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> chapter). |
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Yes, really. |
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I've seen it often in #gentoo where a new user said that they did it |
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just like the example told them to, despite it being marked 'Optional' |
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they still thought it was required. It would take several of the |
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experienced users to say 'skip it' in four-part harmony to convince |
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the novice to move on. |
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The less we show regarding advanced setups, the less likely we'll have |
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support a new installation. We can hint at them somewhere in the |
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paragraphs, but we should avoid them in the code samples because |
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people don't read. They skim. |
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- - Aaron |
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