Re: [gentoo-dev] Anyone appreciate this VERY dumb idea....

[donnie berkholz <spyderous@gentoo.org>]

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On Wednesday 23 July 2003 00:48, KH c wrote:
>   I would suggest how about writing an intelligent
> installer that will automatically check dependency,
> download it and install it like urpmi in Manadrake or
> apt-get in Debian so even new user can enjoy the
> benefit of optimization WITHOUT the hardwork? i.e. I
> want to install X, just tell the program and it will
> take care of the whole process for me. Is it possible?

I'm not sure what hard work you're talking about. 'emerge xfree' works for me.

>   Or how about a pre-written scipt that will do the
> compile process for different type of pre-set usage
> like Desktop, Mutimedia, Networking, Internet? i.e. It
> is not a pre-installed package, it is a pre-set
> packager that will do the packaging right in front of
> the user's eye. Each user get the same package and
> script yet it is OPTIMIZE for their computer after
> they install it. What do you think about this idea?

This sounds interesting. A basic implementation could be easily accomplished 
with settings in make.conf like the following, which would add support for 
the requested options:

DESKTOP="use1 use2 use3 use4"
MULTIMEDIA="use5 use6 use7 use8"
NETWORKING="use9 use10 use11"
INTERNET="use12 use13"
# Set USE to have the defaults for whatever type of setup you want.
USE="${DESKTOP} ${MULTIMEDIA}"

The idea of "virtual packages" like instantdesktop and instantserver has been 
tossed around for a while but I haven't seen anything come of it yet. I think 
it's been waiting for some needed portage features.
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