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On Thursday 17 January 2008, Thufir wrote: |
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> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:33:32 +0000, Qian Qiao wrote: |
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> > What extra do you archieve if you install your Gentoo from a Gentoo |
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> > LiveCD instead of a Knoppix CD? None! |
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> > Stop binding you mind to the concept that "I have to install a |
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> > Gentoo from a Gentoo CD", it's not true, start looking at a broader |
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> > perspective. |
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> I don't think anyone's making that argument. What I'm asking, at |
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> least, is why Gentoo prides itself on having one of the steepest |
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> learning curves. |
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Because it's a source-based distro. |
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And that one simple fact changes EVERYTHING. |
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Now think this through - you have a source based distro where everything |
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is built locally. What does it take to boot strap such a system |
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install? What do you need to provide? What tools must be available? How |
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will they be made available? Then the killer question: |
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What does the user need to know to be able to do this? |
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Doesn't matter how you spin it, we don't have a binary distro and what |
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works there probably doesn't work here. We have to use techniques that |
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actually work here, and catering for every possible user type, a la |
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Mandriva, is simply not going to work. |
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If a gentoo LiveCD is such a good idea, it would have been done |
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successfully and correctly. It was tried, it didn't work out. Now |
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analyze why it didn't work out and be willing to accept while doing |
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this that perhaps your own wishes are not viable. |
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> Let's turn this around: if Gentoo were to attract a larger user base |
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> I posit that this would attract more developers. |
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Who says Gentoo does not already have a large user base consisting of |
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exactly the kind of users that are ideal for Gentoo? It has not been |
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established that this is not the case. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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