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On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:00:20 +0100, Michael Schmarck wrote: |
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> > It is a lot more comfortable for the first-time installer. |
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> Why's that? |
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Because a first-time installer benefits from the confidence given by |
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using an official install disc. |
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> > It also allows you to install without a network |
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> > connection if you have a single CD containing the handbook, tools, |
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> > portage snapshot and stage files. |
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> How do you get that stuff (the Install CD)? By downloading? Why |
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> can't you download the handbook, snapshot and stage tar ball as |
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> well at that time? And what "tools" are you talking about? fdisk? |
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> chroot? |
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Everything needed can be obtained by downloading one ISO image and |
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burning it to CD. There's no need for extra trips back the the netted |
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computer to fetch things you discover you need after reading the |
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handbook, or partway through the install. |
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> > So while an official install disc is not necessary for installation |
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> > for many people, it is a part of what Gentoo should offer. |
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> I disagree. Maybe it's a bonus if it's offered, but then it "always" |
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> has to be up-to-date. And that, obviously, cannot be done right now. |
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> So I'd rather say, that it would be better, if there were no install |
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> CD at all. |
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But it can be done. The basic CD is a minimal live CD with portage |
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snapshots and stage tarballs, which is relatively easy to keep up to |
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date. What is holding the process back in the insistence on including a |
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full desktop and graphical installer on the CD, which is a complete |
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waste of effort IMO. |
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I would prefer releng to concentrate on producing the traditional style |
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minimal CD, with the installer project releasing their own discs based on |
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this when they are able. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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When you choke a smurf, what color does it turn? |