[gentoo-user] Re: Is GWN dead?

[Michael Schmarck]

· Galevsky <galevsky@×××××.com>:

> On Jan 11, 2008 8:08 PM, Michael Schmarck
> <michael.schmarck@×××××××××××××.de> wrote:
>> > GRML ? Knoppix ? other LiveCD ? What for, man ?
>>
>> Oh, quite easy - to install Gentoo. That way, the knowledge of experts
>> in creating live CDs is leveraged. NIH is not a good point of view, if
>> you ask me.
>>
>> > Using extra rescue
>> > systems is a liberty, of course, but why should it be a must ? I
>>
>> Easy - to make use of expert knowledge. To save resources, as that's
>> obviously a scarcity in Gentoo.
>
> Not sure that in the whole Gentoo community we cannot find someone not
> interested in dev stuff but okay to build CD releases...

Well, it seems that such a person could not be found, if you
take into consideration that the Install CD is somewhat old
by now.

> I can
> understand the understaffed argument, but in that case don't tell me
> that install CD is bad,  tell me Gentoo has no resource for, but the
> debate is "does Gentoo need install CD or not ?".

Well, I do think, that a "suboptimal" install CD is indeed bad.
A non-existant install CD would be better, as far as I'm concerned.

>> > see no gain in downloading and burning one more system...
>>
>> Uhm? That doesn't make sense. Downloading GRML is no worse than
>> downloading a Gentoo Live CD.
>
> Yes it is.  Portage is not included,

So? The portage tree isn't that big. Only 140m, or so.

> you depend on other systems that
> don't mind about Gentoo needs

They don't need to. They just "have to" provide a way to boot a system
and offer a way to chroot.


Michael Schmarck
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