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On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:08:49 +0400, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> |
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> On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:26:23 +0400, Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: |
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>> I do not see how it is hard to create a minimal installation CD image |
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>> every time new hardware support is added into the kernel, |
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> Then do it. Open source gives you the opportunity to make things happen |
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> yourself instead of whining that others won't do it. The build tools are |
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> in portage, so there's nothing stopping anyone from producing an updated |
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> minimal install CD, as has already been posted to the forums. |
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Sorry, where do you see whining? Even if I say that if whatever posted to |
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forums is good then it should go to the official Gentoo site, this would |
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not be whining. |
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Once again, there should be some problem with my English. It is official |
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Gentoo release policy to have minimal, live, and platform releases in |
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sync. Posting a new image to forums is not that tightly related to |
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policies. This very thread, as explained in my post, is just one reason to |
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change the policy. |
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I agree that if I become a Gentoo developer and use developer mailing |
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lists then the chances for the change are better. |
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>> or new gcc |
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>> version goes stable, or new portage version goes stable. |
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> These are irrelevant. As long as the CD boots, recognises your core |
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> hardware - which really comes down to disk controllers and network |
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> interfaces - and installs a working system, the rest can be updated |
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> post-install. |
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No, GCC and portage are relevant. The fact that the installation process |
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succeeds does not help much when a new user, just after downloading the |
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latest and greatest, has to recompile something as basic and huge as GCC |
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or just interrupt the install getting the scary message "you better do |
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nothing until you upgrade Portage". |
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> A major GCC update is the exception to this rule, but that is precisely |
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> the sort of thing that needs extensive testing on a range of platforms |
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> rather than a rushed release. |
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Just in case you already deleted my post, I recommend new minimal CD |
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release each time a new GCC version, major or not, goes stable. What extra |
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testing does a stable version need? |
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Andrei Gerasimenko |
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