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> *ALL* of the official docs are GuideXML; Gentoo *expects* users to have |
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> a web browser by default. Otherwise a vast majority of users would never |
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> get Gentoo installed in the first place. The "lightweight" requirement |
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> appears to just be your way of subverting the current documentation |
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> standards (because of your XML hatred). |
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How about getting some facts straight before running your mouth? Gentoo |
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most certainly does not expect users to have a web browser to install. |
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The last time I actually installed on x86 (which was some time ago |
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admittedly), there was a .txt version of the install guide on the livecd. |
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Even then, the web browser you are speaking of runs directly off the |
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livecd. So, what happens when there is critical news to be read during |
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the install phase inside the chroot, but no web browser is yet |
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installed? Are you suggesting we bloat stage1 and stage2 with some sort |
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of XML parser so that the user can read news without having to kill the |
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emerge and read the news outside the chroot? I think you would have a |
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seriously hard time convincing the release folks this is a good idea. |
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Furthermore, it is not possible to include any sort of XML parser with |
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installers for certain arches which use very minimal netboots for the |
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default installation method. So really, your complaints about the |
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"lightweight" requirement appears to just be a way of subverting |
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attention away from the real reasons it is a good idea, and towards |
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maintaining a flamewar with ciaran that you will surely lose. |
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-Steve |
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