From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 7 15:23:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA23762 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 7 Jan 1998 15:23:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA23724 for ; Wed, 7 Jan 1998 15:22:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) with ESMTP id PAA14194; Wed, 7 Jan 1998 15:22:55 -0800 (PST) To: Capriotti cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X based Free installation In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 07 Jan 1998 12:26:31 -0300." <3.0.32.19980107120754.00943100@pop.mpc.com.br> Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 15:22:55 -0800 Message-ID: <14190.884215375@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > Unfortunately, I just can't code (in C or c++ at least, which would be the > way to start making something happen) so, many times I may be discussing > things that are not that easy to do. > > But what I'm trying to say is that there are other approaches to the final > user that can be used to make FBSD even better in another way: The final > user approval; That really matters ! We know this already is the problem - your ideas are not new and have been discussed many many times over the last 3 years. Your entire discussion so far could probably be matched almost word for word with ones which has gone before. As Mike as already said, albeit with probably too little diplomacy, the problem lies not in formulating the concept - that's the *easy* part and, as I've said, we've already been over the design picture many times. Where it always bogs down and dies is in getting someone to do the actual work. This is a volunteer project, and we already have more than enough users willing to tell us what they'd like, believe me. We need more users willing to DO what they'd like is the problem. :-) Jordan