Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:14:28 -0700 From: Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: removing the junk. Message-ID: <AANLkTik3Afnh3ctxTLS6aPwYyV-kQ08shh-TdWWUpzLO@mail.gmail.com>
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Here's a list of the things I'd like to see go away. I plan on removing them unless someone objects. Configure -> Packages - There are several problems with this. - sysinstall is obviously not meant to work with a ports tree as big as what we've got. - If we're going to offer the option to install a ports tree, we shouldn't be using one that will just be overwritten should portsnap be used. - We should encourage users to use portsnap instead. We're being blocked on this because something about portsnap and release bits - I'm not sure. But I need to bug cperciva@. Networking - anyone that knows how to use these services won't be using sysinstall to set them up. AMD/AMD flags Anon FTP inetd NFS client NFS server - iirc, this is broken anyways. PC-NFSD rpcbind rpc.statd rpc.lockd routed rwhod TCP Extensions - although to be fair, I don't know what these are. I just know that I've never seen them enabled in sysinstall. Security NFS port - Unnecessary if we're getting rid of NFS server, makes no sense to have this. Might as well ditch the menu altogether, as that only leaves securelevel. Put that in the Configure menu instead. Startup LPD - Requires some manner of configuration outside of sysinstall anyways. HTML Docs - If you know how to use a text browser, you know how to install freebsd. Documentation is still available in other formats. Docs HTML Docs - We like these so much, we list them twice! Fixit Floppy - broken as of 8, fixit floppies are now too big. Upgrade - I know someone is going to argue with me on this. Probably a lot of people, in fact, if it gets removed. But sysinstall's upgrade is a hack, it's partially broken, and it needs to go away. Instead, I propose we replace this functionality with a dialog box instructing the user to use freebsd-update. -- randi
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