From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FEAws-0003nv-AO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:55:54 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1SJsJ5A009889; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:54:19 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1SJsIhr007737 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:54:19 GMT Received: from c-67-171-150-177.hsd1.or.comcast.net ([67.171.150.177] helo=[192.168.1.106]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1FEAw5-0002ZA-4f for gentoo-installer@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:55:05 +0000 Message-ID: <4404AA91.3030805@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:54:57 -0800 From: Donnie Berkholz User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5 (X11/20060208) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-installer@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-installer@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-installer@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-installer] version 0.3 of the Gentoo Linux Installer References: <44044871.200@gentoo.org> <47103.141.38.43.231.1141140894.squirrel@ulm114.server4you.de> <440471D4.2010006@gentoo.org> <44047382.9080804@gentoo.org> <440480D5.7000303@smash-net.org> <440481C7.7040607@gentoo.org> <4404A8AF.8010604@smash-net.org> In-Reply-To: <4404A8AF.8010604@smash-net.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigD153D2B6A4245F1FAAA3BB09" X-Archives-Salt: ff6484b0-7a5d-4b97-98e0-818ce2b3ab40 X-Archives-Hash: b34c6e0abf816aae51366cc7dae3cdb1 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigD153D2B6A4245F1FAAA3BB09 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Norman Rie=DF wrote: > Exactly LinuxMan=B4s an my point, isn=B4t it? > Setting the right USE-Flags based on the users software-selection is no= t > only intuitive like Ashley said, it will/could prevent people from > building shitty systems. > If you want the installer to be a "alternative manual install", why > write it in the first place? > I thought it is writen to automise the installation, not "redefine" the= > manual one. The portage team just got rid of exactly this capability for creating difficult to reproduce USE flag setups, because they were dynamic, based on what's installed rather than set unconditionally in make.conf. So it's a difficult argument to say we should re-add it into the installe= r. Thanks, Donnie --------------enigD153D2B6A4245F1FAAA3BB09 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEBKqTXVaO67S1rtsRAlmxAKD6Z0O8K6cuC8keiW2WSK0A42UPegCfZ5W8 ukXdF69KTPBwapYIdH/iM5w= =piNV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigD153D2B6A4245F1FAAA3BB09-- -- gentoo-installer@gentoo.org mailing list