On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 17:11, Mike Edenfield <kut...@kutulu.org> wrote: > On 4/3/2009 3:38 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> there is no installer anymore. And that is a good thing. > > I will agree that an installer doesn't belong near the top of anyones "show > stopper" list of Gentoo defects. Gentoo doesn't *need* an installer and all > previous attempts at one have been less than successful. We can all > certainly get along fine without one. > > But can you really provide a non-condescending, *rational* argument > explaining why it would be an actively detrimental idea to have a working > installer for Gentoo? Why, if some person appeared tomorrow with a fully > functional, debugged, tested, flexible, easy to use, > fully-handbook-compliant, *optional* drop-in installation process, why that > would be a bad thing? >
I would still think its a problema. People would install Gentoo, get a functional system, not read the handbook, and flood the forums and this mailing list with already answered and handbook questions. The installer would only benefit the more experienced user that would get an unattended installation, and yet, experienced users tend to customize their systems, so, no installer would help them. -- Daniel da Veiga
