From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 8 00:36:03 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 AC5AE16A40F for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 00:36:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from toreld@netscape.net) Received: from mail44.e.nsc.no (mail44.e.nsc.no [193.213.115.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CE4B13C45A for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 00:36:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from toreld@netscape.net) Received: from [62.16.183.69] (062016183069.customer.alfanett.no [62.16.183.69]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail44.nsc.no (8.13.8/8.13.5) with ESMTP id l07NktAQ013925 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 00:46:56 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <45A18615.9000900@netscape.net> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:45:25 +0100 From: Tore Lund User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060925) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org References: <73387c420701071410p710a3436gdecda61d57643950@mail.gmail.com> <17825.31582.782224.263685@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <17825.31582.782224.263685@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC-nextmail-Metrics: mail44.nsc.no 10044; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 Cc: Subject: Re: Why is sysinstall considered end-of-life? 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: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:36:03 -0000 Robert Huff wrote: > (Personally, I think there are also points where the correct user > behavior is not intuitively obvious.) An understatement. There are situations where sysinstall is positively quixotic. I don't mind the simple character-based interface. But I do find it worrying that I sometimes cannot know what sysinstall will do next. In any case, this is bad publicity for FreeBSD since sysinstall is the first bit of FreeBSD they encounter. Time and again we hear rumors about a new installation program. Is it actually nearing completion? Keep in mind that many of us do not even consider getting involved as long as we believe a better program is under way. -- Tore