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On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetromino@g.o> |
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> The partitioning scheme is something that the user needs to decide on |
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> *before* getting Gentoo up and running. After the user had finished |
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> installing the operating system, it's too late to inform him about the |
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> advantages of a separate /usr/portage. |
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Yes and no (if you have free space, you could easily move /usr/portage |
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- some other changes are harder). |
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However, you could extend this line of argument to raid, lvm, and even |
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stuff like the use of systemd or an alternative package manager. All |
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of those things are much easier to implement if you just start out |
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with them. |
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I'm all for creating a wiki to talk about some alternative options. |
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Perhaps even link to it at the start of the handbook in the intro (if |
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you're not in a rush and want to read about more advanced |
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configurations, check out ...). |
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However, I tend to agree that the handbook should be a |
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nearly-foolproof no-frills Gentoo installation. |
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> 1. ext4, not ext3, needs to be recommended as the default filesystem. We |
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> have kernel 3.2 marked stable, there is no need to keep talking about |
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> ext4 as if it's something experimental. |
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I tend to agree here. Not sure we need the full discussion of |
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filesystems either. Ext4 is probably good enough for everybody, and |
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mention ext3/2 as more established alternatives. |
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I tend to feel the same way about stuff like LILO. |
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Then again, Gentoo is about choice. It just seems like we're |
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presenting users with more choices than makes sense for a newbie. If |
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there is a choice between something that 99.99% of users will want, |
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and some ancient piece of cruft that still works and is better for |
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0.01% of the userbase, does that really have to be in the handbook? |
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Rich |