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I use Gentoo to run all my boxen and I love it. That being said, I have |
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ALWAYS done a stage1 install. Never had a single problem I couldn't fix. |
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Then, suddenly, they switched everything to stage3 and removed a LOT of |
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options from the Gentoo build process. I LIKED being able to modify the |
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bootstrap script. I LIKED editing the ebuilds for certain important system |
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packages during initial system build. Why have they now decided to force us |
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to rebuild our systems if we want to tweak settings? Now I must use a larger |
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hard disc for an install, as all ebuilds install userland binaries |
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to /usr/bin, even if I want to install to /usr/local/netshare/bin as a |
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network shared executable. This a VERY inconvenient, since some system |
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packages (loggers, cron daemons) can be installed on a single server and |
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referenced from other boxen to reduce dependency on hard disk installs. Just |
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a rant here, but Gentoo used to be about choices. Now one of the biggest |
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choices in the Gentoo universe has been taken away from the user. Is Gentoo |
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becoming just another canned off-the-shelf *nix distro? |
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Joshua Armstrong |
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jarmstrong@×××××.com |
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> > Derek Tracy |
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> > tracyde@×××××.com |
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> Daniel da Veiga |
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> Computer Operator - RS - Brazil |
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