On Monday 06 April 2009 19:50:02 Xav' wrote: > What i'm expecting from a new release is a new stage[1,2,3] tarballs with > updated software. > Actually, when i install Gentoo from a 2008.0 stage 3, there is many > updates to deal with, and many more when going under unstable tree... > A new release mean for me that the postinstall process to get an up-to-date > and running Gentoo is shorter than with ageing stages. > I know that i can build up-to-date stages from myself, but i'm thinking > about those people who wants to start with gentoo and face too early with > updating problems, that maybe can disappoint them to continue with gentoo.
Agree. New drivers for new hardware also can be needed to be able to boot after chrooting.