From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 28 00:05:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 600E6106567D for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:05:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from neo@gothic-chat.de) Received: from gothnet.eu (srv1.gothnet.eu [83.133.111.128]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19D778FC0C for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:05:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from neo@gothic-chat.de) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gothnet.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id D24BB33C93; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:05:06 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gothnet.eu Received: from gothnet.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gothnet.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id kqhE1mHKME+R; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:05:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.2.4] (p57986493.dip.t-dialin.net [87.152.100.147]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: neo) by gothnet.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DBB2433C92; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:05:00 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <49F6482C.2050302@gothic-chat.de> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:05:00 +0200 From: "Neo [GC]" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; de; rv:1.8.0.10) Gecko/20070221 Thunderbird/1.5.0.10 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jerry McAllister References: <20090426194410.c00aaf73.freebsd@edvax.de> <49F4A3D8.3090106@gothic-chat.de> <200904272033.47390.beni@brinckman.info> <20090427211005.GA26754@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20090427211005.GA26754@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:05:09 -0000 Jerry McAllister schrieb: > Second, that no one objects to a parallel installer being made available > as long as it is not the default and as long as it does not squeeze out > the text based installer. The only problem here is finding someone > or some group to work on it. Most FreeBSD developers see other issues > as higher priority concerns and will be putting their effort in to those > concerns rather than in to a GUI installer. > ACK. No one really _needs_ a GUI installer, there are far more important tasks to do. > So, don't try to make an argument that doesn't exist. Nobody minds > if you write a fantastic GUI installer and submit it for inclusion as > long as it works well and doesn't eclipse other necessities. > ACK too.