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Contgrats to the release team :-) |
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But let me whine a bit, even a few KB: |
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I just saw the GWN and the news about 2006.0 ... |
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So reading at the release notes: |
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> This is also the first release with the Gentoo Linux Installer |
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> officially debuting on the x86 LiveCD, which will fully replace the |
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> Universal and PackageCD set. The LiveCD also features a fully-fledged |
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> Gnome environment. |
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However the (normal) link to download it: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml |
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Shows: |
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Gentoo 2006.0 Minimal install CD |
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(around 125 megabytes depending on arch) |
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alpha amd64 hppa ia64 ppc (32 bit) ppc64 sparc64 x86 |
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Gentoo 2006.0 Universal install CD |
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(up to 600 megabytes depending on arch) |
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alpha amd64 hppa ppc (32 bit) ppc (64 bit) sparc64 |
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Gentoo 2006.0 Package CD |
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(up to 700 megabytes depending on arch) |
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amd64 ppc (ppc) ppc (g4) ppc (64 bit - 32bit userland) ppc (64 bit - 64bit userland) sparc64 |
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So there are the Minimal, Universal and Package CDs... |
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No word of a LiveCD... |
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No link to a Universal CD for x86... |
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Browsing trough the torrents, there is a x86-livecd-2006.0 and |
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x86-installcd-2006.0 ... |
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yes, I figured out that x86-installcd-2006.0 is the "Gentoo 2006.0 |
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Minimal install CD" for x86 or is it... will any n00b figure it out? |
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And probably the properly(?) named livecd-amd64-installer-2006.0 and |
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install-amd64-universal-2006.0 are here just to add some spice to the |
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soup... |
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Aha if I track all links in the bouncer, I start to understand... |
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So, a link like that: |
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http://bouncer.gentoo.org/?productgentoo-2006.0-universal&os=amd64 |
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is for the Gentoo 2006.0 Universal install CD for amd64 arch - cool! |
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And it will bring you to install-amd64-universal-2006.0.iso! So just |
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s/gentoo/install/ and stuff the os=(.*) in the middle - a piece of cake. |
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Aaah, however forget about the "Gentoo 2006.0 Package CD" - they have a |
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naming on their own and its scheme is too difficult to explain in a long |
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mail like that. |
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Just to toss a random example: |
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packages-ppc64-32ul-2006.0.iso comes for ppc (64 bit - 32bit userland) |
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of a "Gentoo 2006.0 Package CD". The correspondence between "Universal |
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install CD" and "install-", "Package CD" and "packageS" is a drill left |
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to the reader :-) |
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And we are talking consistency here, yes simple as that. There are |
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probably(?) good reasons behind the naming of the iso files (the torrent |
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list does not show the .iso, but who cares, once you stuff it |
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in your client you'll see it is an iso, right!), but are they good |
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enough for inconsistent naming? Or there is a scheme I cannot guess... |
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They might be good reasons not to include the Universal instal CD (i.e. |
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which one in the torrents? aha, probably after all there is no |
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Universal install CD for x86, it is called a LiveCD??? or /me again |
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wrong...) in the bouncer - sure that is the most wanted CD, but that eats |
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the most bandwidth. |
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Or is it because it was hard to write the XML of the page because it is a |
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structured, clerly defined language and makes it difficult to use |
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inconsistent naming of the iso files?? Well, if that was the reason... |
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But who knows. I might be just having a bad morning transforming into a |
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bad day... I din't have enough time or will to help with the release, so I |
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can only whine out loud. If you've read so far, fell free to light up |
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your flamethrower, I should be able to stand it, or simply turn to ash. |
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Kalin. |
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