From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 11 15:33:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1FB516A403 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:33:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD41013C44C for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:33:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l0BFSgsZ003707; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:28:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l0BFSfRj003706; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:28:41 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:28:41 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: Nikolas Britton Message-ID: <20070111152841.GA3657@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <45A2805E.7060000@ccstores.com> <20070109222558.GA75695@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070110003730.GA94711@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20070110154436.GA97702@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20070110161721.GA68022@mooseriver.com> <3aaaa3a0701100901j119e2566yf1718f140027f7d1@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Chris , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: is THIS why the 6.2 release seems stalled ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:33:23 -0000 On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 07:52:29PM -0600, Nikolas Britton wrote: > On 1/10/07, Chris wrote: > >On 10/01/07, Josef Grosch wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 10:44:36AM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > >> > On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 12:01:51AM -0600, Nikolas Britton wrote: > >> > > >> > > On 1/9/07, Jerry McAllister wrote: > >> > > > ... much excised ... > >Monday > >> morning quarterbacks. > >> > >> Josef > >> > >> -- > >> Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 6.1 > >> jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | Berkeley, Ca. > >> > > > >What I think freebsd needs. > > > >1 - To fix stuff that works in linux but goes to crap in freebsd, one > >such example is NFS. > >2 - A better installer, this is probably the biggest single thing that > >puts people of freebsd, the less people using freebsd the less funds > >likely to be recieved. > > > Could you articulate on point 2?... I don't really see that as a problem. Well, for me, I find that the installer problems are that some of the wording for some of the choices seems unclear and sometimes you seem to have to go back to go forward and things like that. I know that there is an intent to allow you to back up any time (as long as you haven't passed a point of no return like writing the disklabel) and make changes and add or subtract things, but still, it could make it more clear what stage you are at, what is finished and what is next to do, etc. But, as others have said, I have found it to be quite functional and installation really quite easy outside of some of the awkwardnesses. As for his point on funds, I am not sure, but I suppose he is presuming that if people get turned off by the installer, then they won't be FreeBSD enthusiasts who make donations or something. ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"