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Andrey Gerasimenko wrote: |
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> I agree that "the installation CD does not need to be specifically a |
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> Gentoo cd", but I believe that it should be always possible to use it |
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> for installation, even when workarounds are available. The only |
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> argument that explains why it is currently not the fact is the |
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> inability to sustain quarterly release schedule. It looks like |
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> everybody, me too, agrees that it is a very good reason to switch to |
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> semi-annual releases, but please note that the very fact that |
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> quarterly releases were started is a proof that they are desirable. |
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> I guess the problem here is that the Gentoo Minimal Installation CD |
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> release is linked to the Gentoo Installer LiveCD release and to the |
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> Gentoo Reference Platform release. If the minimal CD is released |
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> quarterly or, better, whenever new hardware hits the shelves, the |
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> experience of new Gentoo users will be better. |
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> --Andrei Gerasimenko |
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> --gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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Even though I would like to see semi-annual releases, I can also |
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understand the effort that has to go into making it happen. You would |
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have to catch everything just right to make it worthwhile. Example, it |
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is time for a new release and gcc is almost ready to be marked stable. |
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Do you do the release anyway or wait until gcc is stable? What if it is |
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not as stable as people think and it is already released before that is |
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found out? That would not be good for Gentoo either. |
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Add in that some new piece of hardware is coming out and the drivers are |
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being worked on but not yet finished. Then what? What if the packages |
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such as gcc, KDE, Gnome and other important ones and the newer hardware |
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drivers never sync up exactly right? Who would decide what is more |
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important, hardware drivers or packages? |
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I can see this from both sides. Having a reasonably up to date install |
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CD would be nice but it would take some effort and planning to get it |
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there. I suspect the new Proctors would be all over Gentoo-dev. LOL |
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That could turn into a really long discussion and it would never end |
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really. By the time one is released it would be time to start planning |
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the next and may even overlap a lot too. |
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I'm glad I'm a lowly user and not a dev. :-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) :-) |
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Copy n paste then remove the -remove-me- part. |
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