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On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 02:07 -0400, Bryan Quigley wrote: |
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> I am a noob with gentoo and linux. Are you trying to make it harder |
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> for me to install gentoo, and make it take more time? |
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I think what Andrew is trying to do is curb the people out there that |
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think that using a graphical installer makes Gentoo any easier to |
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install, when it does not. |
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> gentoo was my first real attempt at linux, and I installed it as I |
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> read the handbook. I didnt read and master the handbook before |
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> starting the install. |
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You don't have to read and master it, you just have to follow it. The |
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problem here is stemming from people that are refusing to read the |
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Handbook, then wondering why they can't get Gentoo installed and are |
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starting to flood our support channels with questions answered in the |
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Handbook. |
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> If you believe that someone having trouble with gentoo would ask it on |
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> a list instead of reading the handbook. Then might they just ask the |
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> questions from the test? |
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Exactly. This is the reason why I think any kind of quiz would be |
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pretty pointless. Perhaps a starting page that tells the user that the |
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documentation is located in the Handbook and that they should read the |
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Handbook before asking questions would be good, but anything as |
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pervasive as a quiz is pretty much wasted time on both the developer's |
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part and the user's. |
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Do we need a copy of the Handbook on the CD for use by the installer? |
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That shouldn't be a problem and is of minimal size. One other thing |
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that we will need is information on the installer added to the Handbook, |
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as right now, a lot of assumptions are made that the users will be able |
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to translate the command-line options from the Handbook into clicks (or |
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selections) in the installer front-ends. |
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Yes, it is going to take a lot of work. Yes, it is going to suck. Yes, |
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I recommend trying to find and bribe one of the docs team members into |
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being an installer docs monkey for a short while. ;] |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |