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On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 02:47:45PM +0000, 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 perfectly agree with this request, we should provide the choice and clear |
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point that out (along with all the correlated risks) instead of simply |
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"hiding" the option. And I sincerely hope there's no intention to remove |
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stage1/stage2 tarballs in the future because that would be a really a bad thing |
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imho. |
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Cheers |
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Andrea Barisani <lcars@g.o> .*. |
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