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From: "Norman Rieß" <norman@×××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Is GWN dead?
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:31:27
Message-Id: 4789F672.3010401@smash-net.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Is GWN dead? by Michael Schmarck
1 Michael Schmarck schrieb:
2 > · Norman Rieß <norman@×××××××××.org>:
3 >
4 >
5 >> Michael Schmarck schrieb:
6 >>
7 >>> · Norman Rieß <norman@×××××××××.org>:
8 >>>
9 >>>
10 >>>
11 >>>> Right, basicly telling people "You have to depend on / use other distros
12 >>>> to install our OS, cause we are not able to / don´t have time to provide
13 >>>> this" sounds a little fishy. It makes Gentoo look incomplete.
14 >>>>
15 >>>>
16 >>> Well, but providing outdated (ie. non-usable for new systems) install
17 >>> medium is also very bad. And if the installer doesn't work (satisfactory),
18 >>> then that gives an even worse impression.
19 >>>
20 >>> Michael Schmarck
21 >>>
22 >>>
23 >> I agree.
24 >> And i don't think that this is contradicting my statement, does it?
25 >>
26 >
27 > Depends. You're saying, that Gentoo might look to be incomplete, if
28 > it were to rely on other distributions (Live CDs). I'm saying, that
29 > it currently already looks to be incomplete, despite there being a
30 > install CD - a CD, which is outdated.
31 >
32 >
33 > Michael Schmarck
34 >
35 Still no complaints about your opinion from my side ;-).
36 In short. An outdated InstallCD is bad and no InstallCD at all is bad, too.

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[gentoo-user] Re: Re: Re: Is GWN dead? Michael Schmarck <michael.schmarck@×××××××××××××.de>