From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 4 00:26:46 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C72801065675 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 00:26:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87AFD8FC15 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 00:26:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pps.filterd (ltcfislmsgpa02 [127.0.0.1]) by ltcfislmsgpa02.fnfis.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with SMTP id q03NPxlx003246 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 17:58:00 -0600 Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.15]) by ltcfislmsgpa02.fnfis.com with ESMTP id 1249up8cg4-9 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:58:00 -0600 Received: from dtwin (10.14.152.15) by smtp.fisglobal.com (10.132.206.15) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.1.323.3; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 17:57:50 -0600 From: Devin Teske To: "'Garrett Cooper'" , "'Eitan Adler'" References: In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:57:55 -0800 Message-ID: <054901ccca73$83bb1ef0$8b315cd0$@fisglobal.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQGioPys4U3YFAHSWDxI2KBhfkp2BwGGY4GdlkNwqKA= Content-Language: en-us X-Originating-IP: [10.14.152.15] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.5.7110, 1.0.211, 0.0.0000 definitions=2012-01-03_03:2012-01-03, 2012-01-03, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:28:00 +0000 Cc: Subject: RE: sysinstall as a post-install tool X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:26:47 -0000 -sysinstall@ [re-]BCC'd. > -----Original Message----- > From: Garrett Cooper [mailto:yanegomi@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 3:50 PM > To: Eitan Adler > Cc: Devin Teske > Subject: Re: sysinstall as a post-install tool >=20 > (sysinstall@ BCCed) >=20 > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: > > Hi, > > > > In the the recent sysinstall thread there seems to be general > > agreement that having a post-install configuration tool is a good > > thing. Until such a tool is written I think it would be a good idea to > > use sysinstall for this purpose. =A0I am willing to do the work to > > restore sysinstall and maintain it as a post-install tool until a new o= ne is written. > > > > My plan would be to: > > > > - Restore sysinstall and libodialog > > - Statically link libodialog and make it specific to sysinstall > > =A0 =A0 =A0 A rewrite of sysinstall to use libdialog is not worth it. It > > would > > =A0 =A0 =A0 be better to just write a new configuration tool at that po= int. > > - Remove front end non-configure facing features (ie "upgrade" and > > installation options) > > - Remove scripting support from sysinstall > > > > Additionally I would agree to > > - Ensure that sysinstall continues to function as time goes on > > - Review and test patches to sysinstall > > > > What I am not agreeing to: > > - Rewrite sysinstall > > - Make a new tool > > > > Please follow up to freebsd-sysinstall@ >=20 > Reviving sysinstall solely for this purpose is probably a big step backwards > (especially because it's after 9.0-RELEASE): sysinstall needs to be permanently > retired and bsdinstall needs work becoming a more complete tool (FWIW, > iXsystems has tentatively offered to pick up the maintainership of the installer so > that it's properly integrated into pc-sysinstall as we originally intende= d to do). > So we shouldn't be wasting effort on sysinstall. Please talk to Devin Teske > about his 'host-setup' tool first. Eitan, Do check out the latest version: http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/download/host-setup.txt Garrett, Maybe it's time to get host-setup added to the ports tree? Will increase its visibility at least. Yeah? --=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.