[gentoo-user] Re: Is Gentoo Healthy? (The Return)

2007-07-07 Thread Thufir
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:47:24 -0700, kashani wrote: I say bring on the easiness. Make a big fat button after the liveCD loads that says Just install it for me in a nice default kinda way so I can start playing with this whole USE flag thing I've heard so much about and be done with it.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is Gentoo Healthy? (The Return)

2007-07-07 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Samstag, 7. Juli 2007, Thufir wrote: On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:47:24 -0700, kashani wrote: I say bring on the easiness. Make a big fat button after the liveCD loads that says Just install it for me in a nice default kinda way so I can start playing with this whole USE flag thing I've

[gentoo-user] Re: Is Gentoo Healthy? (The Return)

2007-07-05 Thread Thufir
On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:40:10 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: Try doing that with RPMs. Generally, works fine with YUM. I expect that yum and portage are about the same, and end result differences on dependencies are more due redhat/ fedora using multiple repo's for liability/policy reasons, not

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is Gentoo Healthy? (The Return)

2007-07-05 Thread David Relson
On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 08:37:14 + (UTC) Thufir wrote: On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:40:10 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: Try doing that with RPMs. Generally, works fine with YUM. I expect that yum and portage are about the same, and end result differences on dependencies are more due redhat/

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is Gentoo Healthy? (The Return)

2007-07-05 Thread Colleen Beamer
Thufir wrote: On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:40:10 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: Try doing that with RPMs. Generally, works fine with YUM. I expect that yum and portage are about the same, and end result differences on dependencies are more due redhat/ fedora using multiple repo's for

[gentoo-user] Re: Is Gentoo Healthy? (The Return)

2007-07-03 Thread Alexander Skwar
ยท Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In December 2006 I started a thread titled Is Gentoo Healthy? in which I was roundly put down for raising the possibility that the decline in the number of Gentoo users could possibly affect the remaining Gentoo users in a negative way. Is everyone still

[gentoo-user] Re: Is Gentoo Healthy? (The Return)

2007-07-03 Thread Thufir
On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:41:34 +0200, Thierry de Coulon wrote: I think the future of Gentoo could be that: an easy install for the mass, and he opportunity for the geeks to tweak that install or directly go for the total customisation. Then the install process wouldn't screen out users.