Alan McKinnon wrote:

On Friday 11 January 2008, Galevsky wrote:

You can say that devs have no time to make it, but please, don't tell
that Gentoo doesn't need any installCD (outdated means no CD at all
for many computers nowaday).


Please tell me where I said any such thing.

I'll give you a clue - I didn't. I asked you why you think the install 
CD needs updated.

Apparently your answer to that is that you have a ICH9 machine. That's 
fine, it's reasonable to need that supported on the BootCD. Was it 
really necessary to take out your frustrations/whatever with the 
installer on me on a public mailing list? Hmmm?

Isn't it true that not everything can be supported anyway? The CD can hold only so much data before it runs out of space. I suspect that some older hardware is not included to make room for more recent hardware.

Also, at the rate things comes out, a new CD would have to be made every few months to keep up. From what I have read on -dev, it is harder to make the CD than some realize. They have a lot to consider on what to include and what to leave out.

To clarify, I am talking about the CD that includes distfiles and a snapshot. The minimal CD and DVD is a separate matter.

Dale

:-) :-) :-)