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 4.50) id 1EcTiA-0006iI-3E for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:16:54 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAGKFLbE005782; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:15:21 GMT Received: from ms-smtp-01.rdc-kc.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.rdc-kc.rr.com [24.94.166.115]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAGK8Tpo002006 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:08:31 GMT Received: from dustpuppy.imbrius.isa-geek.org (CPE-69-76-99-207.wi.res.rr.com [69.76.99.207]) by ms-smtp-01.rdc-kc.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id jAGK7HZ7010713 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:07:17 -0600 (CST) From: jarmstrong@wi.rr.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path? Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:44:49 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 References: <9999810b0511160820h648eb1a5o4f62300507c2b8a9@mail.gmail.com> <342e1090511161153p1fbbf3dex27a4f9603b23d7de@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <342e1090511161153p1fbbf3dex27a4f9603b23d7de@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511170744.50022.jarmstrong@wi.rr.com> X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Archives-Salt: ba52a7ac-1127-4b2b-85ba-f0e0214f025f X-Archives-Hash: 29c644cf2df4d8b1e151bbe28bcac2f9 I use Gentoo to run all my boxen and I love it. That being said, I have ALWAYS done a stage1 install. Never had a single problem I couldn't fix. Then, suddenly, they switched everything to stage3 and removed a LOT of options from the Gentoo build process. I LIKED being able to modify the bootstrap script. I LIKED editing the ebuilds for certain important system packages during initial system build. Why have they now decided to force us to rebuild our systems if we want to tweak settings? Now I must use a larger hard disc for an install, as all ebuilds install userland binaries to /usr/bin, even if I want to install to /usr/local/netshare/bin as a network shared executable. This a VERY inconvenient, since some system packages (loggers, cron daemons) can be installed on a single server and referenced from other boxen to reduce dependency on hard disk installs. Just a rant here, but Gentoo used to be about choices. Now one of the biggest choices in the Gentoo universe has been taken away from the user. Is Gentoo becoming just another canned off-the-shelf *nix distro? Joshua Armstrong jarmstrong@wi.rr.com > > -- > > --------------------------------- > > Derek Tracy > > tracyde@gmail.com > > --------------------------------- > > -- > Daniel da Veiga > Computer Operator - RS - Brazil > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- > PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list