Q: When you say, "we have two CDs available" at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/build.html you are lying, right? You just have downloadable images. A: ? Q: where can i order a CD of either of the two ISO's mentioned, in case i don't have a CD burner, or don't want to bother? A: Some are http://www.lsl.com/ http://www.cheapbytes.com [who else? when will gentoo itself sell them?] Q: Is there a way to configure the system so it will use a designated cdrom, local directory, or remote repository as a cache of already compiled binary packages? It would use that if there is one of the same version available rather than recompiling from source. A: ? Q: What kernel version is gentoo tracking? Does it supply any of its own kernel patches, or does it match some other 2.4 branch exactly? Is the gentoo kernel also available over CVS? Does portage apply to the kernel or just to the applications? A: ? Q: What command do I issue to determine which of my already installed ports have a more recent version available? A: ? Q: Do the gentoo ports deal with the fixed install path braindamage of a lot of packages? That is, does it try to solve some of the same problems as http://www.openpkg.org/ A: ? Q: How does gentoo/portage deal with the general problem of preserving existing config files and data from old versions of software, while still enabling new features when upgrading? Asked another way, to is mimic the *bsd approach of being able to preverse/merge just /etc, and everything else can be updated? A: ? Q: Is gentoo ever going to have an install procedure with fewer interactive steps? Such asking the questions all at once, and then go get coffee, and then it is done? Or supporting a special file of already-supplied answers? A: ? Q: It seems like this is unlike freebsd, which provides an integrated release of a kernel with a chosen set of core services (such as dhcp, firewall, mta, etc.), all of which are documented and configured in a single rc.conf: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5 Rather gentoo seems more akin to the usual linux approach of choosing which mta you want, which dhcp client you want, which pppoe you want, etc., and for each, you have to read their own documentation, and edit their own individual files. Or am I missing something? A: ?
Q: When you say, "we have two CDs available" at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/build.html you are lying, right? You just have downloadable images. A: When you say these are supposed to be FAQ additions you are lying, right? As everyone knows FAQ stands for frequently asked questions, and many of these (especially this one) have only been asked once. These questions are very good ones, but better suited to our mailing list or forums.gentoo.org where they can be properly discussed. Here on bugzilla I am afraid they won't get the attention they deserve. sherman
Trying to clean out the docs-depricated so that I can close the catergory ...
