On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Patrick Lauer <patr...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On 12/05/2013 05:30 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:25 PM, William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 06:46:36PM +0200, Samuli Suominen wrote: >>>> seems like a virtual that wouldn't do anything useful except pull in >>>> random package(s) a la binary-distribution style >>> >>> What about the stages? Don't we need some form of net support in >>> stage 3? >>> >> >> That's debatable. For a typical install, the user has to install other >> basic stuff like a boot loader, kernel, etc. So having them also >> select a network config framework seems logical. >> >> Is there a use case for a stage3 in which installing netifrc by hand >> is impractical? >> > Well ... > > I remember filing a bug quite a while ago because we didn't have a dhcp > client included anymore. This made installs quite annoying because > before it was stage3, kernel, bootloader, go! > > And now it was go ... stop ... reboot ... install dhcp client ... > grremblwrrxrmkrxtlmrrrg .... reboot > > That extra step of whining was loud enough to have openrc fixed to be > able to use busybox udhcp, so that "out of the box" most network worked. > > ... and now people are trying to do the same again. > > I would STRONGLY recommend having a working network setup included in > stage3, so that compared to now nothing changes. > >
Yeah, after some further thought, I'm inclined to agree.
