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From: Bob Johnson <livewire_@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Purpose of genkernel
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 13:56:52
Message-Id: 200310040851.50679.livewire_@ameritech.net
1 I think many of our devs need to sit in #gentoo a little more often and
2 watch new users struggle with there first kernel build.
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4 The whole purpose of genkernel is to help at this stage. Its pretty
5 frustrating for a user to spend all day installing gentoo, then cannot
6 get it to boot.
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8 Its not for everyone, its not perfect. and it was never
9 intended to takeover any part of sys-kernel.
10 I wrote it and dont even use it except for testing..
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12 Bob
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Purpose of genkernel Stuart Herbert <stuart@g.o>