On Friday 03 April 2009, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > 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.
exactly. Installer = not reading documentation = epic failure waiting to happen
