Re: version 0.3 of the Gentoo Linux Installer

Andrew Gaffney schrieb:

> Norman Rie=DF wrote:
>
>> Andrew Gaffney schrieb:
>>
>>> Simon Stelling wrote:
>>>
>>>> Norman Rie=DF wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> But see it with the eyes of a random Gentoo beginner.
>>>>> You come to the "USE Flags" screen seeing some settings. You think=20
>>>>> "That
>>>>> are surely some nice settings. Otherwise they wouldn=B4t be set as=20
>>>>> default".
>>>>> But then you choose KDE. Now you have a KDE system with "+gnome=20
>>>>> -kde" as
>>>>> USE Flags.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If people are not willing to read documentation, that's their=20
>>>> fault. Being a
>>>> newbie or a sysadmin++, it doesn't matter.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You took the words from my mouth.
>>>
>> Right. But some WILL NOT read the documentation and they WILL create=20
>> a crapy system.
>> And then they WILL run to the forums. And guys like you WILL tell=20
>> them to RTFM.
>> And they will tell their friends what a crapy system Gentoo is and=20
>> what jerks these Gentoo users are.
>>
>> Seriously give them a nice default system and tell them later in a=20
>> nicer way to read how to extend the system.
>
>
> How is that any different than a "manual" install? Many people don't=20
> read the handbook completely and then complain loudly about how Gentoo=20
> sucks.
>
Exactly LinuxMan=B4s an my point, isn=B4t it?
Setting the right USE-Flags based on the users software-selection is not=20
only intuitive like Ashley said, it will/could prevent people from=20
building shitty systems.
If you want the installer to be a "alternative manual install", why=20
write it in the first place?
I thought it is writen to automise the installation, not "redefine" the=20
manual one.
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