On Friday 24 Jul 2015 18:32:33 James wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin <at> googlemail.com> writes: > > > Rich, I'll be practical. Gentoo needs an installer program, like most > > > other distros if you want your rank_n_file users to entice new users. > > > > nope. > > Gentoo does not need an 'installer'. We have way too many people not > > being able to read simple instructions already or spending 5minutes on > > google&thinking for themselves. Just look at this mailing list. We > > really don't need more of them. > > Really? If that all there is to it, then we would have lots of users; > many can and do read. Here are a few snippets from the gentoo-dev list > on the subject of a new installer:: > > "Hi Matthew > I fancy your idea a lot. We ought to do it for complete newbies who are new > to Gentoo but would like to give the distribution a shot nonetheless. I > fondly remember my first attempt who took me ages to complete." > > "The goal of the web interface would allow for "unattended graphical > installs." " > > " Maybe a bit off-topic, but occasionally I need a tool to "fast > install Gentoo and fine-tune it later" " > > > "So a quick sabayon install and update via entropy, followed by an update > of the portage config (the entropy package updates will have diverged > from the initially synced state) using the appropriate tool, should leave > you with a generally current and synced system built from binaries. > That's your working system at end-of-day." > > Just a few, but you get the point. There's more if you look. > > > If folks do not want a graphical installer nobody would force them to > use it. Many would prefer a graphical installer that is mostly unattended; > so for that reason, why not? Nobody is say you have to use it; it just > becomes and option. You are certainly entitled to your opinion; but that's > not going to grow the user base, imho. > > > hth, > James
Perhaps if in addition a new mailing list for graphical-install users only was created, the arrival of an automated graphical installer would not raise the signal to noise ratio in the gentoo-user M/L. -- Regards, Mick
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