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On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 10:10:14AM -0500, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> Personally, I would like to see stage1 and stage2 go away completely. |
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> They serve no real purpose anymore after the changes we have made to the |
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> stages to include a complete /var/db before 2005.0's release. They take |
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> longer to use for installation, and give you exactly 0 advantages over a |
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> stage3 that cannot be done with a stage3 tarball itself. |
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Perhaps we should just document these facts better? Write a news item |
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explaining the reasons behind removing stage1/2 instructions from our |
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handbooks - and explain _why_ stage1 and 2 are not really better than |
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a stage3 install + bootstrap.sh + emerge -e world. Perhaps also add a |
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small note about this to the handbook. |
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If our users are explained why stage1/2 installs don't give any |
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benefits over a stage3 install, I trust them to aknowledge this fact. |
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Regards, |
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Brix |
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Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@g.o> |
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