Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 13:26:43 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net> To: Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> Cc: tlp@liquidx.org Subject: Re: BSD Installer as a replacement for sysinstall? Message-ID: <200505041126.j44BQhsu005072@fire.jhs.private> In-Reply-To: Message from Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> of "Wed, 04 May 2005 09:53:41 BST." <20050504085341.GB780@uk.tiscali.com>
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Brian Candler wrote: > Message-id: <20050504085341.GB780@uk.tiscali.com> > On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 06:32:42PM -0600, Travis Poppe wrote: > > For quite some time I've been looking forward to seeing sysinstall go > > and be replaced with a new system that's user interface agnostic. This > > would allow developers to create a user interface of their choice > > without having to muck around with the internals of the installer. It > > seems that one of the major reasons this hasn't happened yet is simply > > due to lack of development. > > > > Correct me of I'm wrong, but as far as I know, this is what BSD > > Installer (the DragonFly team's installer) currently does. > > I'm very interested in seeing improvements to the installation and > management utilities, but I think many of the current problems are .......... [ Some good point Brian (but I'll omit a `me too' reiteration of bits). ] If anyone's going to be comparing installers, & recoding things, they may want to also look at the http://www.pcbsd.org installer for ideas. A friend who downloaded their .iso tried it & thought the the installer would be a lot easier / more atractive for recruiting newbies. It's under a GNU licence though. - Julian Stacey Net & Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Mail in Ascii (Html=Spam). Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz.
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