From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 27 02:51:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5094D106566C for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:51:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chmeeedalf@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 128588FC0C for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:51:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iadj38 with SMTP id j38so23657035iad.13 for ; Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:51:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; bh=WqD+Q7pdWEKL8C9sSoaDuWGkrPntUWDvsqqoriER4Io=; b=UPBDSoZDAFUHtuwvzbEyzXV7HUClyAo2ol4a6OwMo60p2eyGjOKXYvHbF1zlOuIqAX 6UQ4P/tiYJwwxl8YMMGRKvz/jRbKTR+WETqu/fF6xrozDX3puFbp3qZ2CYeomwotimvs Bv0/kjxpc4Z2L8eeLPpTQDJ8EzA/7l0wvI+/M= Received: by 10.42.156.195 with SMTP id a3mr26508725icx.25.1324952703111; Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:25:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from triad.knownspace (216-15-41-8.c3-0.gth-ubr1.lnh-gth.md.cable.rcn.com. [216.15.41.8]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gh9sm63431439igb.3.2011.12.26.18.25.01 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:25:02 -0800 (PST) Sender: Justin Hibbits Message-Id: <69C4832E-BECB-4DD3-B1CF-56A70BBB3A98@freebsd.org> From: Justin Hibbits To: Doug Barton In-Reply-To: <4EF904F2.4020109@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:23:42 -0500 References: <4EF904F2.4020109@FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Cc: freebsd-current Subject: Re: Removal of sysinstall from HEAD and lack of a post-install configuration tool X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:51:58 -0000 On Dec 26, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > The story so far ... > > sysinstall was removed from HEAD in October. I (and others) objected > on > the basis that at this time there is no replacement for the post- > install > configuration role that sysinstall played. More sysinstall components > were then removed. Then the old version of libdialog (which sysinstall > used) was removed. Thus at this point it's not possible to easily > restore sysinstall. > > So my question is, how much do you care? Is lack of that functionality > in HEAD something that we care about? > > > Doug Hi Doug, I do agree that it would be nice to have a post-install configuration utility. However, I think it might be better served with a separate tool, rather than a swiss army knife that sysinstall was. If someone is willing to do the work, I think a suitable replacement could be written in sh+dialog, along the lines of bsdinstall. That being said, I remove myself from the nomination pool. - Justin