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On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Nick Muldoon wrote: |
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> I am just wondering if you are planning on releasing a CLI installer or |
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> similar? |
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There has been some work on various installers, but we've not reached any |
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point stable enough for even volunteer testing. The major effort has been |
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made against a GUI installer. (vprada@g.o may know more). |
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> I know it's probably not that hard for you guys - the developers - to install |
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> it but i have found it a bit difficult. |
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The detailed Unix/Linux knowledge required by the installation procedure |
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is currently indicative of what kind of skill set it takes to run the |
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installed distribution. |
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We are of course working to improve this; we do _not_ want our users to |
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need to be full-fledged developers in order to benefit from the wonders of |
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Gentoo. |
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However, current efforts are made against system stability. We want to |
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have a collection of packages that work nicely together, that one can |
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expect that *any* emerge <package> will work without any hassle, and that |
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new releases of Gentoo have been QAed. |
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Once that is handled, time will most likely be ripe for writing, adapting |
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and soliciting system installation and administration tools. |
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(Disclaimer: As with any open-source project, the team members could |
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decide to take a hard left any day, so this is nothing more than a |
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[well?] educated guess.) |
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Kind regards, |
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Karl T |
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