On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 07:38:56PM +0200, Ulrich Drolshagen wrote > I'm not Dmitry but I am using 3.1 too. 3.1 is set as default by stage1 for > some time now. No issues with 3.1 here though, at least none that > are related to python. Why do they set it default by stage1 and > warn not to use it at the same time?
Gentoo does not use that type of install anymore for standard installs. Stage 1 is for experimentation and developers only, not for regular users. The rules that apply to stage 1 do not apply to ordinary installs. See http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml#stage12 > How do I Install Gentoo Using a Stage1 or Stage2 Tarball? > > The Gentoo Handbook only describes a Gentoo installation using > a stage3 tarball. However, Gentoo still provides stage1 and stage2 > tarballs. This is for development purposes (the Release Engineering > team starts from a stage1 tarball to obtain a stage3) but shouldn't > be used by users: a stage3 tarball can very well be used to bootstrap > the system. You do need a working Internet connection. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
