[GLLUG] Gentoo 2006.0

[Jeremy Bowers]

Charles Ulrich wrote:
> BTW, I tried the new installer LiveCD last night. Works pretty well and 
> is MUCH better than typing in all the various commands needed to get a 
> Gentoo system up. The biggest annoyance is that they need a much better 
> interface for selecting USE flags.

I wonder if it isn't time for a re-think of that system. I've been using 
Gentoo as my only distro for a while now, and I still really like it, but:

http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml

is a bit much, when the expected interface is "type all the ones you 
want in one line in a config file". Also, don't get it wrong, like by 
missing "mozdevelop" to get the mozilla debugger, or your entire Mozilla 
compile is a waste of time if you absolutely need the debugger. 
(Incidentally, while "mozdevelop" isn't on that list, I still see it in 
the latest Mozilla ebuild, so that rather long list isn't even complete. 
Mozilla for instance has: "mozcalendar mozdevelop moznocompose moznoirc 
moznomail mozsvg", none in that list.)

It does stabilize after a while, but if you've got specific needs, it 
can take a little while to work out which USE flags you need.