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Am Sonntag, 13. Januar 2008 schrieb Alan McKinnon: |
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> On Saturday 12 January 2008, James wrote: |
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> > > As far as I'm concerned, the Gentoo install CD could easily be |
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> > > dropped without a loss. |
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> > |
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> > Well, I differ with this statement 100%. What, IMHO, needs to |
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> > happened is the whole install process be changed to a minimal working |
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> > kernel and basic tools. Then you fork the install in the direction as |
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> > to what the system is to be used for: embedded-gentoo, firewall, |
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> > bridge, managed switch, server (mail, web, dns, terminal etc etc) and |
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> > last the complicated nightmare of a workstation (kde vs gnome vs etc |
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> > etc). |
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> Excellent idea. When can we expect your first alpha-release? |
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> When we have rough consensus and your running code, we can include your |
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> project in the list of workable install methods. |
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And while where at it: Get those stage1 installs back into the Handbook. I did |
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a stage3 install 2 weeks ago and it was a nightmare. One needs to recompile |
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nearly everything afterwards, so stage3 doesn't make any difference. |
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Bye... |
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Dirk |
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