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On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:10:27 +0400, Ryan Sims <rwsims@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> As has been said, the installation CD does not need to be specifically |
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>> a Gentoo cd, although it seems worth repeating that it _does_ have to |
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>> support the same architecture. ... |
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> http://www.kernel-of-truth.net/downloads_kOT.html |
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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 for |
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installation, even when workarounds are available. The only argument that |
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explains why it is currently not the fact is the inability to sustain |
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quarterly release schedule. It looks like everybody, me too, agrees that |
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it is a very good reason to switch to semi-annual releases, but please |
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note that the very fact that quarterly releases were started is a proof |
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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 Gentoo |
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Reference Platform release. If the minimal CD is released quarterly or, |
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better, whenever new hardware hits the shelves, the experience of new |
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Gentoo users will be better. |
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Andrei Gerasimenko |
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