Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:57:55 -0800 From: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> To: "'Garrett Cooper'" <yanegomi@gmail.com>, "'Eitan Adler'" <lists@eitanadler.com> Subject: RE: sysinstall as a post-install tool Message-ID: <054901ccca73$83bb1ef0$8b315cd0$@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGH67wSQY%2BBBzm22WstwVhCnmfENnE7vwfUiDYTKUzGUQQ10dQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgnVAbRd-mrN%2BykDmXafPzQRJgaw9q=%2Bi%2BXqTzL26gWh5Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAGH67wSQY%2BBBzm22WstwVhCnmfENnE7vwfUiDYTKUzGUQQ10dQ@mail.gmail.com>
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-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 <lists@eitanadler.com> 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.
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