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On 22 January 2013 10:36, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> I think we may have to admit that "one size does not fit all". There |
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> are just too many individual scenarios. A truly minimal build should be |
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> sufficient to boot to a text console, and have networking and portage to |
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> be able to build further up the chain. |
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It's not something "we may have to admit". It's been the Gentoo |
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philosophy from the very start. That's why we have useflags and so on. |
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Gentoo is based on choice and customization. |
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The guiding idea for the base profile is that it should result in a |
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lean but functional system, with defaults that the majority of users |
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would need. |
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Maybe we have erred on the side of inclusiveness in the past, and now |
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is the time to move more towards minimalism, as we have a new set of |
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13.0 profiles being sculpted into shape. |
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Cheers, |
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Ben | yngwin |
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Gentoo developer |
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Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin |
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