Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo 1.4.1 and GRP

[Jon Portnoy]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 08:39:07PM +0200, Sven Vermeulen wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 02:30:29PM -0400, Brad Laue wrote:
> > I was going more for the manageability aspect - drop Gentoo in place
> > inside 30 minutes, update to the latest GRP packages, then begin
> > optimizing - I'd like to think of myself as an advanced user, and I'd
> > really find it traumatic to have to wait 56 hours for my Athlon XP to
> > rebuild from stage1 into GNOME 2.4 and get myself back to a functional
> > workstation.
>
> I'm sure you've tried Debian or any other distribution then, because that's
> exactly what they do. They provide you with a quick and easy installation of
> binary packages. For the packages you want optimization, they provide an easy
> way to create packages for it.
>
> If I want my system to return to Gnome 2.4 after some crash, I use my
> backups. If I install Gentoo, I know that I have to wait a certain amount of
> time, but thats what I expect from a source-based distribution. If I want a
> quick installation, I'll use a different distribution.
>
> This is a harsh state of mind, but I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking
> like this.
>

Absolutely agreed.

I feel we should strive for being good at what we've always been good at 
rather than mediocre at everything.


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