On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 06:37:20 -0400 Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote:
> On 3/20/2014 5:48 PM, »Q« <boxc...@gmx.net> wrote: > > Why should Gentoo have a default? > > Defaults are always a good idea - as long as they are reasonable and > rational. Depends on how you think about it; one could claim a DE as default as reasonable and rational going one way, one could also claim something like LFS or stage1 or so to be reasonable and rational. I think the init system, as it becomes more of a choice, is on the edge here... > > ISTM the only good reason is that not having a default would make > > the documentation a lot more complicated. > > Documentation, *and* the install process itself. It's just one extra choice; so, that takes maybe a few minutes. It's a choice one would have to eventually make anyway; so, better do it early and have it right at once instead of having to do a more complicated migration later on. -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
