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Date:      Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:29:07 -0800
From:      Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Removal of sysinstall from HEAD and lack of a post-install configuration tool
Message-ID:  <CAGMYy3v3sLibyF_PPXLhTvMK-cj%2BU8MRMVU2rCyXvq1RXrP9TQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> 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?

Perhaps make it a port instead?  I personally don't use sysinstall for
post-install tasks at all, but it won't hurt to have such
functionality.

Cheers,
-- 
Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> https://www.delphij.net/
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