On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 5:39 AM, Ben de Groot wrote: > On 12 August 2010 17:13, Thilo Bangert wrote: >> Ben de Groot said: >>> On 9 August 2010 14:29, Mike Frysinger wrote: >>> > sure would be nice if someone picked up the installer again ... >>> >>> No, it wouldn't. Best leave that dead and buried. >> >> Could you explain why you think so? > > 1) it was an experiment plagued by bugs, some *very* serious
bugs are not a reason to not work on a solution many found useful > 2) the normal, "hands-on", follow the handbook, manual install has > always been the recommended way to install Gentoo, and could be > considered a rite of passage, familiarizing the user with how things > are done in this distro *yawn* ... heralding from the age of "everything is done from the console" does not preclude simple and helpful GUI automation. no one is talking about changing the recommended install procedure, just providing more options. forcing a command line install can also waste time on repeat installs as knowledge of the install procedures really doesnt help you in maintenance of Gentoo once installed. > 3) too few people are interested in developing, testing and > maintaining this; making it more likely that a revival of this project > will result in failure again that's why i said "it'd be nice" and not "i'm going to do it" -mike
