Re: [gentoo-dev] Decision to remove stage1/2 from installation documentation

[Wernfried Haas <amne@gentoo.org>]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 11:33:04AM -0500, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> Just because you downloaded them previously does not mean you didn't
> download them.
Yes, but i already have them and don't need to download them any
more in this scenario.

> > Btw, if i use stage 3 and then emerge -e world to recompile my whole
> > system with -omg-optimized i assume stage 3 may lose against stage 1
> > and compiling -omg-optimized from the beginning. Not that it makes
> > much sense to do that though.
> 
> *sigh*
> 
> You have proven my point.  Thank you.  
No i haven't, but you're still welcome. Maybe i was not clear enough
about the definition of losing (see below).

> If you compile the same sources
> with the same settings, you get the same output.  It doesn't matter if
> you started from a stage1, stage2, stage3, or stage4 tarball.
Sorry, I wasn't really refering to the output but the bytes used for
downloading the stage and the distfiles.
Assuming emerge -e world compiles exactly the same packages (same
versions as well) as stage 1 would mean you're a bit better off with 
stage 1 because it's slightly smaller. Hence stage 3 may lose by a few 
bytes here. 

Look, i'm not arguing with you and even though i think stage 1 has
some cool features here i agree removing it may be a good idea. I just
wanted to point out there are _some_ specific situations where you're
better off with stage 1 under certain circumstances because you asked
if there's anything stage 1 can do that 3 doesn't. ;-)

cheers,
	Wernfried

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