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

["Stephen P. Becker" <geoman@gentoo.org>]

> Stage1: Changing CHOST= and run ./bootstrap.sh 
> (well you can do it but it's dumb)

You can do the same from a stage3.


> Stage3: has full cxx/berkdb/ssl/pam/libwrap and all the cruft pulled in
> from having use flags enabled thats not easy to get rid of otherwise.

Fair point, however this is the kind of stuff that most users want 
anyway.  I see the embedded angle you are taking with this argument, and 
I would counter by saying that folks who are interested in some sort of 
embedded uclibc type userland probably know what they are doing in the 
first place.


> I don't care what you do with the docs, but the stages 1, 3 need to 
> stay. stage2 has always been a bonus stage more or less added into the 
> mix cuz it's a byproduct of stage building (pre catalyst days).

I don't think anyone has implied that we're not going to distribute 
stage1 anymore.  They are still useful for folks that know what they are 
doing.

-Steve
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