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Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 17:36:37 -0500
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] openrc 0.12 - netifrc/newnet mix-up
From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
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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. ^_^