From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from pluto.prosalg.no (pluto.prosalg.no [213.236.139.11]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4743EAC3C2 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:02:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (karltk@localhost) by pluto.prosalg.no (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id EAA21344; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 04:02:17 +0200 Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 04:02:17 +0200 (MET DST) From: Karl Trygve Kalleberg Reply-To: Karl Trygve Kalleberg To: Nick Muldoon Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Installer In-Reply-To: <200207101113.06896.nickmuldoon@bigfoot.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 53c0f60c-1594-41c9-a598-045e8f2e22c7 X-Archives-Hash: caafcfd0a7eb8680e8fa3701e7a431f9 On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Nick Muldoon wrote: > I am just wondering if you are planning on releasing a CLI installer or > similar? There has been some work on various installers, but we've not reached any point stable enough for even volunteer testing. The major effort has been made against a GUI installer. (vprada@gentoo.org may know more). > I know it's probably not that hard for you guys - the developers - to install > it but i have found it a bit difficult. The detailed Unix/Linux knowledge required by the installation procedure is currently indicative of what kind of skill set it takes to run the installed distribution. We are of course working to improve this; we do _not_ want our users to need to be full-fledged developers in order to benefit from the wonders of Gentoo. However, current efforts are made against system stability. We want to have a collection of packages that work nicely together, that one can expect that *any* emerge will work without any hassle, and that new releases of Gentoo have been QAed. Once that is handled, time will most likely be ripe for writing, adapting and soliciting system installation and administration tools. (Disclaimer: As with any open-source project, the team members could decide to take a hard left any day, so this is nothing more than a [well?] educated guess.) Kind regards, Karl T