From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 14 15:21:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC29014FF9 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 15:21:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: from yedi.iaf.nl (uucp@localhost) by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (8.9.2/8.9.2) with UUCP id XAA26445; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 23:31:30 +0100 (MET) Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA02494; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 00:06:04 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wilko) Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 00:06:04 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Mark Newton Cc: Peter Jeremy , Donn Miller , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysinstall: is it really at the end of its lifecycle? Message-ID: <19991215000600.C77327@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <2177.945155945@zippy.cdrom.com> <3855F364.E66EC87B@cvzoom.net> <99Dec15.073843est.40325@border.alcanet.com.au> <19991215083352.B3500@internode.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <19991215083352.B3500@internode.com.au>; from newton@internode.com.au on Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 08:33:52AM +1030 X-OS: FreeBSD yedi.iaf.nl 3.3-STABLE FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 WWW : http://www.tcja.nl http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message