From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JDH1l-0004mF-2N for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:22:17 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C6606E077C; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:21:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from india533.server4you.de (india533.server4you.de [85.25.151.41]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29475E003C for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:21:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [85.25.151.41] (india533.server4you.de [85.25.151.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by india533.server4you.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86900770650 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:21:32 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4787432B.1050902@smash-net.org> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:21:31 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?Tm9ybWFuIFJpZcOf?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20070801) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is GWN dead? References: <20080111082729.GA12107@localhost> <1200041896.10339.13.camel@localhost> <20080111091237.GB12107@localhost> <200801111038.08071.dirk.heinrichs.ext@nsn.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 82a8a192-8df8-488d-b0de-daa55e5cc8eb X-Archives-Hash: 5d6acd4fd0edc6cc34273532ca1b36b5 Galevsky schrieb: > On Jan 11, 2008 10:38 AM, Dirk Heinrichs w= rote: > =20 >> Am Freitag, 11. Januar 2008 schrieb ext Shaochun Wang: >> >> =20 >>> Currently, Gentoo has not updated >>> its installation CD for a long time! >>> =20 >> They don't need to. One week ago I used a GRML cd to install a new Gen= too >> system. >> =20 > > & > > On Jan 11, 2008 10:22 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote= : > =20 >> Why do you think gentoo *needs* to update it's install CD? >> =20 > > Because Gentoo is a distro, and as a distro, it should have a way to > be installed on a computer... I upgraded my hardware recently and my > previous gentoo distro was not able to boot (ICH9 + JMicron > controller) because no SATA HD was recognized with my old 2.6.18 > kernel.... the only way to boot was livecd with right kernel/modules. > But Gentoo was not able to provide a *so basic feature*, the one that > let me boot on my computer.... and you see no needs with that ? Well, > if Gentoo is not able to make my computer booting, it is sure that I > have no need to get maintained portage nor any one of the ebuilds... > > [..] > > Gal' > =20 Right, basicly telling people "You have to depend on / use other distros to install our OS, cause we are not able to / don=C2=B4t have time to pro= vide this" sounds a little fishy. It makes Gentoo look incomplete. MHO Norman --=20 gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list