On 05/12/13 00:36, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 5:31 PM, William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 04:30:30PM -0500, Mike Gilbert wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:25 PM, William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote: >>>> On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 06:46:36PM +0200, Samuli Suominen wrote: >>>>> seems like a virtual that wouldn't do anything useful except pull in >>>>> random package(s) a la binary-distribution style >>>> What about the stages? Don't we need some form of net support in >>>> stage 3? >>>> >>> That's debatable. For a typical install, the user has to install other >>> basic stuff like a boot loader, kernel, etc. So having them also >>> select a network config framework seems logical. >>> >>> Is there a use case for a stage3 in which installing netifrc by hand >>> is impractical? >> Personally, I don't know of one. Does anyone else? >> > Thinking on this further, the same logic could be applied to > sys-apps/openrc, and probably a few other packages that are not > build/toolchain critical. I suppose we need to draw a sanity line > somewhere. ^_^ >
indeed. it just looks clear the line has moved a bit with all these modern networking setup tools coming around, so let's redefine where the line is drawn accordingly.
