From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 25 16:15:59 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6901629 for ; Sat, 25 May 2013 16:15:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mattjeet@gmail.com) Received: from mail-we0-x22a.google.com (mail-we0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::22a]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6228D880 for ; Sat, 25 May 2013 16:15:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f170.google.com with SMTP id u59so2857619wes.29 for ; Sat, 25 May 2013 09:15:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:reply-to:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=hxc6pGtZtTp2gdWx8bwYT8GK+XDqxKqcHQdnM4CF9Yw=; b=SY/W7pdApcqWCaCOClESBK1i9hhJTOkqc46krp7L5fD3IUhBzh38Sumjs6FqefLoFU ogAIdtJ5SrxM2XzoK32fRwaSpn518CA5EWiCOQVq5k2qSqcsUGCXOsMdh2VhDQ257iCB ZmyVd5zcbxBsqWiptwPNcSAHSyGP9MmbB9waIsBmXnu6i0OiRYzxoCGpCy25HFANkC7k brLVe7by0iBmrqp7bA6mudG9lPh+f7+0YOL6pl9fPbr5twDdfozZx7roHrCbMGcIgrS7 7qRRUPjqj6jZWvTtOwC1h+mDZ2A9IT028soHvjjRNcXimBbtZfNeScJzUy0sMsGktxSo qKlg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.149.200 with SMTP id uc8mr2754462wib.3.1369498558602; Sat, 25 May 2013 09:15:58 -0700 (PDT) Sender: mattjeet@gmail.com Received: by 10.194.40.5 with HTTP; Sat, 25 May 2013 09:15:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <51A0DC3F.9030301@cran.org.uk> References: <51A0DC3F.9030301@cran.org.uk> Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 09:15:58 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: _UdnQtHK-LPEiSIsQ_e5nNKD0Uk Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD installers and future direction From: Matt Olander To: Bruce Cran Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Devin Teske , Kris Moore X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: matt@ixsystems.com List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 16:15:59 -0000 On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Bruce Cran wrote: > > I heard there was some discussion at BSDCan about the direction of a futu= re FreeBSD installer. Considering we currently have bsdinstall, pc-sysinst= all, and an effort to revive sysinstall, I'd be interested to know what was= decided (if anything) and whether I could help make progress towards getti= ng a single really good installer/frontend - instead of the current situati= on with several, none of which have a much-needed UI for setting up an inst= allation on ZFS. Hey Bruce, >From my vague recollection, we discussed improving bsdinstall by tying it in with pc-sysinstall, which we've been threatening to do for at least a year. Also, there was much discussion about Devin's bsdconfig perhaps tying in with a Google SoC Project. I think Devin was nominated for most of the work, since he was unable to defend himself :P Cheers, -matt