On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 20:43 -0500, Stephen P. Becker wrote: > How about getting some facts straight before running your mouth? Gentoo > most certainly does not expect users to have a web browser to install. > The last time I actually installed on x86 (which was some time ago > admittedly), there was a .txt version of the install guide on the livecd.
Exactly. > Even then, the web browser you are speaking of runs directly off the > livecd. So, what happens when there is critical news to be read during > the install phase inside the chroot, but no web browser is yet > installed? Are you suggesting we bloat stage1 and stage2 with some sort > of XML parser so that the user can read news without having to kill the > emerge and read the news outside the chroot? I think you would have a > seriously hard time convincing the release folks this is a good idea. We won't add more cruft to the stages. We're already to the point of trying to determine ways to reduce stage size, not increase it. > Furthermore, it is not possible to include any sort of XML parser with > installers for certain arches which use very minimal netboots for the > default installation method. So really, your complaints about the > "lightweight" requirement appears to just be a way of subverting > attention away from the real reasons it is a good idea, and towards > maintaining a flamewar with ciaran that you will surely lose. What is it for SPARC again? 4MB for both kernel + initrd? -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering - Strategic Lead x86 Architecture Team Games - Developer Gentoo Linux
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