Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 14:14:39 +0100 From: Paul Robinson <paul@akita.co.uk> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Mall now BSDCentral Message-ID: <20010711141439.B73193@jake.akitanet.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3B4C46E1.8E65DB80@iowna.com>; from wmoran@iowna.com on Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 08:30:25AM -0400 References: <3B49F8D5.2C9BFA73@mindspring.com> <3B4A0124.26025FB5@iowna.com> <3B4A1423.E8E365E@mindspring.com> <86ofqth6p3.fsf@hades.hell.gr> <3B4A7D9C.A64230D9@softweyr.com> <3B4B07DE.4801D208@iowna.com> <3B4B1B66.C011BF2B@softweyr.com> <3B4B32F3.7AC70D66@iowna.com> <3B4C0C3A.64E05112@softweyr.com> <3B4C46E1.8E65DB80@iowna.com>
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On Jul 11, Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> wrote: > Along with that, I think I'm finally getting a handle on what really > needs done to sysinstall. It's been a painful process, wrought with > misunderstandings and confusion, but I think I'm finally getting what > the point is. To me, the point seems to be that to increase the userbase an installer that a 10 year old could use is a Good Thing. However, there should be an option before the installer starts up to go to a more traditional install (/stand/sysinstall is still fine for me, because I'm used to it), or whilst in the "magical fairies do it all for me"-installer, there should be the ability to get a detailed amount of status information and an "Advanced" option on the dialogues to be able to allow people to have more control if they need it at various points. The idea of more packages being installed and configured as a default is probably a good one too. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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