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On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 11:19 -0500, Thomas Kirchner wrote: |
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> * On Nov 22 10:15, Chris Gianelloni (gentoo-dev@l.g.o) wrote: |
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> > It isn't pretty much anymore. It *is* exactly the same. |
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> Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you're going to attempt to get the same |
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> result as a stage1 with a stage3 - (which won't be exactly the same, |
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You're wrong. You can still change your virtuals, just like you can |
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with a stage3. You can still change CFLAGS/USE flags. |
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> given the defaults of stage3 that we don't all agree with) - don't you |
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> have to download the huge stage3 tarball *and* all of the distfiles? |
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> With a stage1, you only need the distfiles. Seems like a big change, |
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> especially for those without fast connections. |
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Honestly, you only need download what you've changed. If you have |
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changed quite a lot, yes, it will be more to download. |
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> I'm against this change, personally. Stage1 has *always* been for |
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> advanced users. If someone screws up their own system (which is possible |
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> in any number of other ways, as well) then it's their fault. Gentoo |
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> isn't about babying users. It is about choice. And if changing that is |
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> the only way to reduce your workload, well... |
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*sigh* |
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Another "Gentoo is about choice" argument. Can I ask you something? |
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Where does it say that Gentoo is about choice? I see lots of places |
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that say that Gentoo allows you to customize, but nowhere do I see |
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anything that says that we are about choice. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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x86 Architecture Team |
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Games - Developer |
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