From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 27 05:00:23 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 2131C106566B for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:00:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@gmail.com) Received: from mail-tul01m020-f182.google.com (mail-tul01m020-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCC2B8FC16 for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:00:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbwd18 with SMTP id wd18so10507767obb.13 for ; Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:00:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=UUN35XnGgSKtnAiIfVCoQ0cKZ7SZdhEfHHdhzk2HlBw=; b=ubihIkhG7pDSWZLhKYtKL8XK0vB41zKTyANS11tlIv/lJBByW/jfm5D5k2jh2skQVe s/bK0M5ugkmnF2I4oLENgJ/K9auWEuiDfad75c5f937spxW+B3zfa0VC+tPKsVdRD9cp WivzxdrXjsgFYcf9kmLTa2GDhsvqjI5lhBk5Q= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.227.7 with SMTP id rw7mr24054053obc.70.1324960147305; Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:29:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.67.163 with HTTP; Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:29:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4EF904F2.4020109@FreeBSD.org> References: <4EF904F2.4020109@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:29:07 -0800 Message-ID: From: Xin LI To: Doug Barton Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 05:00:23 -0000 On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 3:36 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? 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 https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die