Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 21:34:03 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Lawrence Stewart <lstewart@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Subject: Re: sysinstall as a post-install tool Message-ID: <CAF6rxgm0-_p3cZ15JiFttRb1-eOVe-S8_Y8WDYiJx=kuyhEEGw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F03AF24.70102@freebsd.org> References: <CAF6rxgnVAbRd-mrN%2BykDmXafPzQRJgaw9q=%2Bi%2BXqTzL26gWh5Q@mail.gmail.com> <F80CD5E2-0CC0-4872-9B25-72C4ABCC5F42@xcllnt.net> <4F03AF24.70102@freebsd.org>
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On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Lawrence Stewart <lstewart@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 01/04/12 11:27, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >> In general I think it's a bad idea to revive sysinstall. It doesn't >> function appropriately on most architectures that FreeBSD supports >> and it's definitely the opposite of what we've been working towards >> for at least the last 5 years. What I said was an offer based on some previous discussion. If people don't think this is a good idea, or better yet if we have people willing to work on a new tool lets go with that instead. > In the sysinstall removal thread, Ron (CC'ed) suggested he might be > interested in getting involved with writing a post installation config > script which leverages bsdinstall's sh code where possible, but is separate > and stand alone. Ron's extensive sysadmin background would be very useful in > developing such a tool, so it seems silly not to take the offer and run with > it to see where we end up. > Ron, are you still interested in this project? What help and/or support do > you need to get things moving? I would be willing to work with Ron and develop a useful configuration tool that fits into the base system a la bsdinstall. My original hesitancy of writing a new tool had to with past experience where I was not able to get anyone to review the code. I think things will likely be different this time. -- Eitan Adler
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