From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 27 00:13:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E9571065677; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:13:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu (phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.89]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B73098FC1A; Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:13:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from [128.205.32.76] (bauer.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.76]) (authenticated bits=0) by phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu (8.14.1/8.13.7) with ESMTP id mBR0DOwj002718 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:13:24 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu) From: Ken Smith To: Alfred Perlstein In-Reply-To: <20081226234619.GT18389@elvis.mu.org> References: <200812121158.mBCBwRPT096820@svn.freebsd.org> <20081226234619.GT18389@elvis.mu.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-2xoT+09cWt8/aJUqPd87" Organization: U. Buffalo CSE Department Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:13:24 -0500 Message-Id: <1230336804.25666.11.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu 1029; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=failed version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on phoebe.cse.buffalo.edu Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Ken Smith Subject: Re: svn commit: r185982 - head/usr.sbin/sysinstall X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:13:31 -0000 --=-2xoT+09cWt8/aJUqPd87 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 15:46 -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > Does this mean that the user has to find the "Linux" package in the > "add packages" area now? If so, that seems a bit complicated to > get started. There's a LOT of packages. Pardon if I'm missing something > obvious here. Yes, sort of. I've asked portmgr@ to help with setting things up so we've got a couple of new meta packages that help users set up a usable workstation relatively painlessly. They've said we can work together with the Gnome and KDE folks to try and get that set up. I'm not sure at this point if Linux emulation will be part of that or not, we haven't gotten quite that far yet. And we'll do something to make those meta-packages relatively easy to find. For example without something along those lines a user may just select the "gnome2" metapackage thinking they'll get a usable workstation but at least as of the last time I did something like that you don't quite wind up with a usable workstation (xorg-server is missing for example :-/). That said this has sort of been threatened for quite a while now, and having sysinstall not care about any packages before it hits what is currently its "Do you want to browse all the packages" section is needed if we're talking about not including pre-built packages with the release itself and that sort of thing. We're just setting it up so all packages get treated as packages instead of some being intertwined in earlier phases of sysinstall. --=20 Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel | --=-2xoT+09cWt8/aJUqPd87 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAklVcyQACgkQ/G14VSmup/aDHQCfQQh4VuGWQK8LzTz1B2DYI4WJ +AgAnROa36Fvwtenh4cgiw1+1GYLgxIF =clgW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-2xoT+09cWt8/aJUqPd87--