Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc 0.12 - netifrc/newnet mix-up

[Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@gentoo.org>]

On 05/12/13 00:36, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 5:31 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 04:30:30PM -0500, Mike Gilbert wrote:
>>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:25 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 06:46:36PM +0200, Samuli Suominen wrote:
>>>>> seems like a virtual that wouldn't do anything useful except pull in
>>>>> random package(s) a la binary-distribution style
>>>> What about the stages? Don't we need some form of net support in
>>>> stage 3?
>>>>
>>> That's debatable. For a typical install, the user has to install other
>>> basic stuff like a boot loader, kernel, etc. So having them also
>>> select a network config framework seems logical.
>>>
>>> Is there a use case for a stage3 in which installing netifrc by hand
>>> is impractical?
>> Personally, I don't know of one. Does anyone else?
>>
> Thinking on this further, the same logic could be applied to
> sys-apps/openrc, and probably a few other packages that are not
> build/toolchain critical. I suppose we need to draw a sanity line
> somewhere. ^_^
>

indeed. it just looks clear the line has moved a bit with all these
modern networking setup tools coming around,
so let's redefine where the line is drawn accordingly.