Re: [Sheflug] Gentoo Stage 1 & 2

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Hudson" <home [at] alexhudson.com>
To: <shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Sheflug] Gentoo Stage 1 & 2


> On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 10:50 +0000, Wonkey Donkey wrote:
> > I shall now get off the soapbox and start looking around the net for an
> > original set of Stage 1 instructions. Once again, apologies for any poor
> > formatting.
> The Gentoo FAQ appears to tell you how to rebuild Gentoo from stage 1/2
> tarballs on a stage 3 install; is it really an issue that there are no
> 'from scratch' stage 1/2 instructions any more?
>
> I would have thought that given the end result is the same, it wouldn't
> be a problem.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex.
>
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Well I pondered this Alex. My thought was that although the end result is 
the same, for me it was about how you get there, and not having to have 
packages on there that I never wanted in the first place.

Also by compiling just what you do want instead of the entire system they 
provide, the compile time would be reduced. Maybe if they had gone to 2 
stages instead of one; one of which was just the precompiled toolchain and 
other bits, that wouldnt be so bad. Not only that, but using a stage 3, if I 
want to remove kde in favour of gnome or vice versa, I suspect dependency 
hell would ensue.

I would have preferred if they kept Stage 1 and the full original 
instructions, with a simple disclaimer about 'Use at your own risk, Stage 3 
is the recommended way'.

Another thought that springs to mind is this: what about those folks who use 
Gentoo purely as a server/gateway or something similar. Do they really want 
the entire kde or gnome system on there ?

Steve. 
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