-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 27/03/12 02:47 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Alexandre Rostovtsev > <tetrom...@gentoo.org> >> The partitioning scheme is something that the user needs to >> decide on *before* getting Gentoo up and running. After the user >> had finished installing the operating system, it's too late to >> inform him about the advantages of a separate /usr/portage. > > Yes and no (if you have free space, you could easily move > /usr/portage - some other changes are harder). > > However, you could extend this line of argument to raid, lvm, and > even stuff like the use of systemd or an alternative package > manager. All of those things are much easier to implement if you > just start out with them. > > I'm all for creating a wiki to talk about some alternative > options. Perhaps even link to it at the start of the handbook in > the intro (if you're not in a rush and want to read about more > advanced configurations, check out ...). > > However, I tend to agree that the handbook should be a > nearly-foolproof no-frills Gentoo installation. >
You know, we have "Code Listing 2.1: Filesystem Example" in Section 4, we could always adjust that to have a /usr/portage partition in it (take a bit of space away from /home, or something) It doesn't recommend/require anything, but when users see it they'll think about it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAk9yDK4ACgkQAJxUfCtlWe19QgEA22gRFMmyaxVpJp+LeaPsTWOq RqF2z9fZvebtBiSdLSUA/R4c10HtDeBpjEJyHCKbQkKJWc+ilRw8bilOgHgAvKT5 =egsm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
