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On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 06:37:20 -0400 |
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Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On 3/20/2014 5:48 PM, »Q« <boxcars@×××.net> wrote: |
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> > Why should Gentoo have a default? |
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> Defaults are always a good idea - as long as they are reasonable and |
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> rational. |
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Depends on how you think about it; one could claim a DE as default as |
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reasonable and rational going one way, one could also claim something |
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like LFS or stage1 or so to be reasonable and rational. I think the |
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init system, as it becomes more of a choice, is on the edge here... |
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> > ISTM the only good reason is that not having a default would make |
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> > the documentation a lot more complicated. |
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> Documentation, *and* the install process itself. |
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It's just one extra choice; so, that takes maybe a few minutes. It's a |
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choice one would have to eventually make anyway; so, better do it early |
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and have it right at once instead of having to do a more complicated |
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migration later on. |
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With kind regards, |
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Tom Wijsman (TomWij) |
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Gentoo Developer |
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E-mail address : TomWij@g.o |
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