From owner-freebsd-libh@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 23 23:47:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-libh@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 502A316A4CE; Sun, 23 May 2004 23:47:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns0.secureanonymous.com (tjhawkins.com [64.232.254.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D11C343D2D; Sun, 23 May 2004 23:47:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from timh@tjhawkins.com) Received: from cdm-66-76-99-185.fayt.cox-internet.com ([66.76.99.185] helo=yourw92p4bhlzg) by ns0.secureanonymous.com with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BS8I3-0007Qz-Lr; Mon, 24 May 2004 00:46:25 -0500 Message-ID: <003601c4415a$dc14cfb0$6501a8c0@yourw92p4bhlzg> From: To: , , , Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 01:46:24 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ns0.secureanonymous.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tjhawkins.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Hmm... why? X-BeenThere: freebsd-libh@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated to libh code development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 06:47:04 -0000 why does freebsd need a new installer? Why not allow the current = installer "sysinstall" to just become user friendly..edit it and add new = things to it... possilby even adding a graphical interface that works = with it. It's all possible and correct me if I'm wrong--wouldn't it be = less work? If sysinstall was just more userfriendly it would work very = well. As for porting a Linux installer to FreeBSD... I do not recommend it. = there will be alot of conflict about the GPL vs. BSD licenses and we all = know what kind of war that starts. I personally think freebsd should = have its own installer under its own license. thanks, tim hawkins.