Re: [gentoo-dev] GLI Officially Deprecated

[Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org>]

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On 21:54 Tue 13 Jan     , Preston Cody wrote:
> A few months ago the Gentoo Release engineering team changed the way
> that releases are done to simplfy, automate, and provide more current
> release media on a more regular basis.  One of the consequences of
> this is that the livecds are no-longer being released.  This leaves
> the installer with no place or function any longer.  The installer
> developers have all moved on to other projects, leaving GLI in an
> unmaintained state.  We can no-longer offer support for the 2008.0-r1
> LiveCDs for x86 and amd64, though we expect it to work for
> those that use it.  During this project's five year existence, it has
> been both a pride for Gentoo and a source of controversy.  The Gentoo
> Handbook is still the official installation method for Gentoo.  For
> those still seeking to do automated gentoo installs, please see the
> Quickstart project at http://agaffney.org/quickstart.php

I think this is the right decision. The installer seemed like a good 
idea at the time, but in retrospect the concept didn't fit Gentoo. An 
advanced user can finish an install pretty quickly, and a beginning one 
is using Gentoo to learn, so they should be doing everything by hand 
instead of having an opportunity to skip the handbook.

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Thanks,
Donnie

Donnie Berkholz
Developer, Gentoo Linux
Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com

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