Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 00:06:04 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysinstall: is it really at the end of its lifecycle? Message-ID: <19991215000600.C77327@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <19991215083352.B3500@internode.com.au>; from newton@internode.com.au on Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 08:33:52AM %2B1030 References: <2177.945155945@zippy.cdrom.com> <3855F364.E66EC87B@cvzoom.net> <99Dec15.073843est.40325@border.alcanet.com.au> <19991215083352.B3500@internode.com.au>
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On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 08:33:52AM +1030, Mark Newton wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 07:47:00AM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> > Given the primary mission of sysinstall is to load FreeBSD, I'd
> > go so far as to say that developing an X version would be wasting
> > valuable developer resources (IMHO, of course).
>
> Long-term, do we want the installer to be a program whose primary mission
> is to load FreeBSD, or would we prefer a generic framework which provides
> the situation where loading FreeBSD doesn't differ markedly from loading
> (and configuring!) any particular package or subsystem after the initial
> installation event?
>
> I think I'll pick the latter.
This does, however, have all the risks of building yet another SMIT or
SAM. :-( Neither attempt at making Unix sysadm 'user-friendly' makes
me want to cheer.
And: how many people would volunteer for such a job?
Or is it assumed that since this appears suspiciously like Real Work
it will be a paid-for job?
--
Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands - The FreeBSD Project
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