From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Sep 14 13:12:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from sumatra.americantv.com (sumatra.americantv.com [208.139.222.227]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BC0C14C19 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 1999 13:11:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jlemon@americantv.com) Received: from right.PCS (right.PCS [148.105.10.31]) by sumatra.americantv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA19055; Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:11:32 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from jlemon@localhost) by right.PCS (8.8.5/8.6.4) id PAA07499; Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:11:30 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19990914151130.32047@right.PCS> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:11:30 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon To: Brett Glass Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Distributions: Leveling the playing field References: <4.2.0.58.19990914140446.04b44100@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.61.1 In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990914140446.04b44100@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Sep 09, 1999 at 02:06:24PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sep 09, 1999 at 02:06:24PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 12:35 PM 9/14/99 -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > >> It is very likely that many things which were done as part of that > > > distribution would be contributed. But this should not be a requirement. > > > >As long as the component itself was not a requirement to installing > >the product, I'd agree. If you make your hypothetical new installer a > >requirement and now all the users of "FreeBSD HyperBrett" are going > >through a substantially different installation experience and posting > >emails to -questions which say things like "I'm at the default smell > >configuration menu and I can't decide between (M)usty library and > >(D)amp basement, has anyone tried these two smells yet?", well, the > >people who staff those lists are going to be exceedingly confused. > > How about if the user is given the option of which installer to use? > Use of the new installer would not be a requirement but rather a third- > party option, and clearly labeled as such. Would this work? Or maybe the establishment of a slightly diluted name would suffice to insure that it is different from the FreeBSD Project? E.g: Lariat/fbsd? -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message