From: David Chamberlain <daybird@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (2) [LARGE]
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 14:16:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CFA28B7.3010201@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20020602122104.49479ABD9F@chiba.3jane.net
I have no problem with the idea of an installer. The more tools the better.
On the other hand, a possible problem with Anaconda: I haven't used it,
but I assume it's x86 only? If so, we can't use it on ppc, sparc etc.
One of gentoo's greatest virtues is portability (look for more ports
appearing over the next few months), and I would encourage anyone
writing tools to bear this in mind. For a quick fix, anaconda may be
fine (we'll just live without the installer on ppc), but is there any
reason why, in the long term, the --buildpkg/--usepkg features of
portage couldn't be leveraged in place of the rpms? A virtue of this is
that portage itself could be tweaked to enhance the installer if
necessary, since it's our tool, not RedHat's.
Regards,
David
next parent reply other threads:[~2002-06-02 14:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20020602122104.49479ABD9F@chiba.3jane.net>
2002-06-02 14:16 ` David Chamberlain [this message]
2002-06-02 14:19 ` [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (2) [LARGE] Meir Kriheli
2002-06-02 18:22 ` Jon Nelson
2002-06-02 16:42 ` vprada
[not found] <124969252@toto.iv>
2002-06-03 18:20 ` Jeffrey D. Kowing
2002-06-03 18:36 ` Victor R. Prada
[not found] <20020602170104.57ABEAC453@chiba.3jane.net>
2002-06-02 22:18 ` David Chamberlain
2002-06-02 4:33 vprada
2002-06-02 12:18 ` foser
2002-06-02 13:03 ` Meir Kriheli
2002-06-02 12:56 ` Simonics Zsolt
2002-06-02 23:49 ` Matthew Kennedy
2002-06-03 1:22 ` William Kenworthy
2002-06-03 3:16 ` Mark Bainter
2002-06-03 12:50 ` Alexander Gretencord
2002-06-03 3:05 ` Mark Bainter
2002-06-03 3:38 ` Justin Lambert
2002-06-03 4:31 ` Matthew Kennedy
2002-06-03 5:47 ` Bjarke Sørensen
2002-06-03 14:13 ` Grant Goodyear
2002-06-03 14:57 ` Victor R. Prada
2002-06-04 1:19 ` Mark Bainter
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