On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 10:10:14AM -0500, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > Personally, I would like to see stage1 and stage2 go away completely. > They serve no real purpose anymore after the changes we have made to the > stages to include a complete /var/db before 2005.0's release. They take > longer to use for installation, and give you exactly 0 advantages over a > stage3 that cannot be done with a stage3 tarball itself.
Perhaps we should just document these facts better? Write a news item explaining the reasons behind removing stage1/2 instructions from our handbooks - and explain _why_ stage1 and 2 are not really better than a stage3 install + bootstrap.sh + emerge -e world. Perhaps also add a small note about this to the handbook. If our users are explained why stage1/2 installs don't give any benefits over a stage3 install, I trust them to aknowledge this fact. Regards, Brix -- Henrik Brix Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gentoo Metadistribution | Mobile computing herd
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