Re: version 0.3 of the Gentoo Linux Installer

Andrew Gaffney schrieb:

> Norman Rie=DF wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> Great Installer. I tried it right after i finished downloading the=20
>> 2006.0.
>> But i have a question though. I recognized that the use flags are set=20
>> to "X" and "Gnome" (and so on) by default.
>> Later in the "Extra Packages" screen you can choose other  desktop=20
>> environments or perhaps no x at all.
>>
>> Would it not be nice, if the flags are set after you choose your=20
>> desktop environment or the other packages?
>> If one chooses KDE as desktop the useflag could switch from gnome to=20
>> kde. If no x11 is chosen, the flag isn=B4t set so "+X" either.
>
>
> This is the same as doing an install by hand.

I don=B4t see why this is.

>
>> Same thing on the "Startup Services". I can choose some daemons to=20
>> start up, that are not even installed. I find this a little disturbing.
>
>
> Well, it's not possible to know services will be available beforehand,=20
> so we just give you a bunch of common options (along with adding=20
> custom ones in the future). Ones that don't exist will be ignored=20
> during the install.
>
True, but if i do not click the ProFTPd in the selection screen, you can=20
assume, that there is no ProFTPd installed to start automatically. This=20
way you can filter out not all, but some unlogic choices.
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