On Saturday 07 January 2006 22:00, Trenton Adams wrote: > > I'm just of the mind that we really should encourage it's use, while > encouraging people to also understand what's happening under the > hood. > ...and how do you suggest that should be done? There is tons of documentation available for user to read and know what is happening under the hood but no one wants to RTFM. Even this problem that you faced has been clearly explained along with its solution in "man emerge". How should Gentoo force a user to read the documentation and the man pages?
> > I like both that my car just works, and I don't have to know how the > pistons go up and down, but that I can also look under the hood if I so > desire. > Thinking on the wrong lines again and what you want can never happen, at least with Gentoo; because Gentoo does not give you a working car at all. It just gives you spare parts (ebuilds & packages), books to read (documentation) and a tool box (portage). Then it tells you to go ahead and make your own car. It totally depends on you whether you want to make it a blazing fast Ferrari or a classy Limo. To achieve anything of that sorts you *HAVE TO* know how the pistons go up and down. If you don't read and just put together the pieces in a random order then you might make a moving car but it will not be a working one. Moral of the story? To have full control, you gotta know how things work inside the engine :) Regards, Abhay
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