From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 4 02:34:36 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 0A406106567B for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 02:34:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-lpp01m010-f54.google.com (mail-lpp01m010-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D4528FC12 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 02:34:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lahl5 with SMTP id l5so8965310lah.13 for ; Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:34:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=+XZojvGKNuQd9e2Xxt8aJQJrLJscuLFXGXudvOnS36E=; b=rG5DeHIH0xZ8s1tE7FMybBHJwRv9Lk7Lwan3NjY/Xr2enq3gENQEIPuOKyayWTrAMw zfy1QgudGHLnS3JtUqJ9Wltx7I6a2KBS9j9G6c8/Wn59xjoYWfD4hkz1tR5ADgVeOtKq EEP3axGrW24fEgKJjkgMSUeJD+kbAmYYLlJlg= Received: by 10.152.103.71 with SMTP id fu7mr43416568lab.31.1325644474088; Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:34:34 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.152.129.8 with HTTP; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:34:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F03AF24.70102@freebsd.org> References: <4F03AF24.70102@freebsd.org> From: Eitan Adler Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 21:34:03 -0500 Message-ID: To: Lawrence Stewart Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org, Marcel Moolenaar 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 02:34:36 -0000 On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Lawrence Stewart 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