From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 6 17:08:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13E1216A417 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:08:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D51C13C461 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:08:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from js.berklix.net (p549A68D7.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.104.215]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m16H88Qu023152 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:08:09 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m16H9MPs004930 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 18:09:22 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m16H9Hnc008537 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 18:09:22 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <200802061709.m16H9Hnc008537@fire.js.berklix.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: "Julian Stacey" Organization: http://berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:25:57 +0100." <47A9C375.8020805@restart.be> Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:09:17 +0100 Sender: jhs@berklix.org Subject: Re: finstall alpha3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:08:11 -0000 Henri Hennebert wrote 2 emails with same common text To: "Julian H. Stacey" Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:20:38 +0100 Message-ID: <47A9C236.8040805@restart.be> The first private shouting got answered. Then came To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:25:57 +0100 Message-id: <47A9C375.8020805@restart.be> Assume Henri is too young to remember first graphical installer. Though a new graphical installer may be very nice as an option, let it not ever be the only way: Remember blind installers, non VESA supported consoles, non X recognised chips, serial line controlled installs, & non intel/AMD platforms with broken graphics terminal support. (Sparc maybe ? more later ?) -- Julian Stacey. BSD Unix Linux Net Consultant, Munich. http://berklix.com