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Kurt Lieber wrote: |
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> We have received *numerous* complaints from users about the decision to |
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> remove stage 1 and 2 from the installation documentation. I realize it's |
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> still available if users are willing to dig for it, but not all users do. |
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> In my years of monitoring www@g.o, we've received the most |
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> complaints about this decision than any other single decision. Is there a |
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> way we can re-introduce the stages into the installation documentation, |
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> perhaps with gigantic warnings saying, "for advanced users only" or "use at |
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> your own risk"? |
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Well, if we could educate the users that stage2 tarballs are totally |
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pointless, and that running bootstrap.sh followed by emerge -e system |
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from a stage3 is pretty much *exactly* the same as starting a stage1 |
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from scratch... |
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To me, the email from that user sounds like the typical vocal minority |
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of users who make "screw common sense in favor of choice" complaints |
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whenever we change something for the better. |
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-Steve |
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