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 1JDJlU-0001yL-06 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:17:40 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4C0E9E08A1; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:17:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.231]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9508E06EC for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:17:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so620035nze.1 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:17:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=NuigIrQ15XmnmHkUNeVAXyuK2S8CKepDvX8mx93NaLY=; b=JuhDttaTdqgYiJNKHAl2xjg6+j/9fSuM2WjTIeGnAKJWjEqFmg7QZljgPztNPEECMMpykaot11sQ0uS4XsrrFA46W0Cs0ZhwDiCA3jhC9CHsA7izR/UUen434bqdCXv9isMxMGe/B8EYnuho2s5z7ms+y/ho3mGukVEHPhITTEk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=uyMLeqAfYVNfJAS5QHdrzF/+cuHKe1uhWUNZBoauwGvheyX3fDiEVQrtcP98D7ZxPzMr5/rvIuxPO4NoPKnIHReNQl1pzN4BdUgC/TK3Ncqy36eiZ4mngNcQrFuxt8BzxT98jHmpaGmLS2TUJJcT+a/ieM+B7F+1DygrGaHOi9U= Received: by 10.142.222.21 with SMTP id u21mr1587599wfg.231.1200057432110; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:17:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.163.6 with HTTP; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:17:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:17:11 +0000 From: "Qian Qiao" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is GWN dead? In-Reply-To: <47874740.9020002@bellsouth.net> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080111082729.GA12107@localhost> <200801111038.08071.dirk.heinrichs.ext@nsn.com> <200801111219.47254.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <47874740.9020002@bellsouth.net> X-Archives-Salt: f5d79f3b-7201-49d0-97fe-7e597295c847 X-Archives-Hash: 256cf4049e0719186e300ca0d3cb73dc On Jan 11, 2008 10:38 AM, Dale wrote: > > 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 I'm sorry this goes OT Dale, but unfortunately, my mail client cannot render html messages properly, and I trust a lot of people on the list have the same problem. If would be nice if you can post in plain text, at least in this list. Thanks -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list