[Sheflug] Gentoo Stage 1 & 2

["Wonkey Donkey" <wonkey_donkey [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm just wondering what views any Gentoo users out there may have about the 
fact they have now removed the Stage 1 and Stage 2 installs from the 
documentation, possibly with a view to ditching them completely in the 
future. The Stage 1 & 2 tarballs can still be downloaded at present, but 
with none of the documentation available. The latest handbook states they 
are no longer supported.

Theres an awful lot of discussion going on about it over in the Gentoo 
forums, with some quite balanced arguments for and against.

For me personally, I think I'll miss the satisfaction of knowing I started 
the whole install from scratch using a Stage 1, and managed to get a full 
system up and running. And of course, knowing *exactly* what has been 
installed and what hasn't.

Any comments anybody......

Steve. 
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