Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Split desktop profile patches & news item for review

[Zeerak Mustafa Waseem <zeerak.w@gmail.com>]

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On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 07:01:09PM +0000, Duncan wrote:
> Zeerak Mustafa Waseem posted on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:59:39 +0100 as
> excerpted:
> 
> > How about the Handbook? As far as I remember you're asked to choose a
> > profile :-) I can file a bug it needs to be done :-) Just let me know
> 
> That's part 1 (installing), chapter 6 (base system), section 6.b. 
> (portage), heading "Choosing the right profile".
> 
> The handbook (at least the amd64 handbook I checked, presumably they're 
> pretty much the same in this regard) now says to use eselect profile, so 
> as long as it's listing the correct choices, the examples and details 
> don't matter quite so much.  However, the examples/details do mention 
> desktop and server profiles (plus no-multilib for amd64) as alternates to 
> the generic arch profile, so they /could/ be changed to additionally 
> mention kde and gnome.  But with eselect profile doing the heavy lifting 
> already, I'd not call it critical.
> 
> But be sure that eselect is getting the correct listing... for all archs. 
> =:^)
> 
> -- 
> Duncan - List replies preferred.   No HTML msgs.
> "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
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> 
> 

Agreed, I wouldn't call it a critical thing to edit, however having heard "With so many people confused about profiles as it is", in regards both to the forums and the irc channels, I'd say it should be a priority to make a mention of it. Perhaps something akin to "There are KDE and Gnome specific profiles geared towards each of these desktop environment, should you use another lighter environment the base profile should contain all necessary settings". :-)

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Zeerak Waseem

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