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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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>--kurt |
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(I've read all of the comments up until now, but my response is not |
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directed at any particular post.) |
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Facts: (according to me, and what I've read) |
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-The releng team DID make a good decision by making stage 3 default in |
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the instructions. |
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-The releng team _DID_NOT_ do a sufficient job of making the community |
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aware of the changes BEFORE they occurred (I didn't know about this |
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change until after it was done, and Gentoo.org is my home page, I read |
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the GWN) |
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-Stage 1 & 2 tar balls and instructions ARE available |
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OPINION: |
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- This change should be GLEP'd, as it effects everyone that installs |
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Gentoo (to some degree, most do not suffer tho) |
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- Stage 1 SHOULD continue to be released and maintained, instructions |
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clearly stating risks and LACK of SUPPORT and easily visibility from the |
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install docs (which it seems it does not have (according to posts), |
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although, It is perfectly clear to me.) |
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to the releng team: Good Decision, Bad Execution Thats whats leading to |
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this entire reaction. |
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Andrew |
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