Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 19:31:18 +0000 From: "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Cc: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD installers and future direction Message-ID: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201F631FD@ltcfiswmsgmb21> In-Reply-To: <51A39FEC.5070402@mu.org> References: <51A0DC3F.9030301@cran.org.uk> <CAK6u07WDZrWU4dnrBzQGYf%2BpbmibK7KxSUZyvie8jJQ1SMODuw@mail.gmail.com> <51A1025A.2020607@cran.org.uk> <51A14445.4060305@freebsd.org> <51A15EDF.6050600@erdgeist.org> <CA%2BWntOtrgkstTOamTZh9_FvATd8a55ca9hCUFF1sE=2zSd4EQA@mail.gmail.com> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201F5B337@ltcfiswmsgmb26> <51A38051.8040909@mu.org> <51A39039.1070202@cran.org.uk> <51A39FEC.5070402@mu.org>
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On May 27, 2013, at 11:03 AM, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > On 5/27/13 9:56 AM, Bruce Cran wrote: >> On 27/05/2013 16:48, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >>> Why can we not use in the interim use pc-sysinstall on the platforms th= at it performs best on and use bsdinstall on the others? >>=20 >> Because pc-sysinstall doesn't have a UI - it's only a backend. If we upd= ate bsdinstall to use it, then it won't work on other platforms. >>=20 > This still doesn't make sense to me. Why can bsdinstall not conditionall= y use it? >=20 Because, believe it or not, not all programs are split in twain, having a f= ront-end and a back-end. I'm not defending it, and I'm not promoting it, but bsdinstall does things = in a different way where pc-sysinstall wants to be just a back-end. bsdinstall would have to go thro= ugh a major revision to make it use any external back-end. Currently it's one self-enclosed enti= ty. > Do we always have to seek the lowest common denominator for our user expe= rience? >=20 When the situation*is* that the release engineers can only embrace one inst= aller for the release media of more than just x86 architecture, the answer is=85 yes (common deno= minator required). My thoughts are=85 let me toil on a new installer and then we can think abo= ut opening the can of worms that is "how to enable conditional installers." HINT: I already solved that problem=85 by modifying the boot loader Forth m= enu to allow the creation of custom boot menus. Now all we need is another installer to elic= it the use of that code to present the choice the user. However=85 (and this is a big however), unl= ess the 2nd choice installer is as half-as-bad as bsdinstall=85 I don't see why it wouldn't ju= st replace it (therefore negating the need to invoke that code I put in to allow multiple choice ins= tallers at beastie menu). --=20 Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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