Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:48:38 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why BSDs got no love Message-ID: <200912231548.nBNFmcn3064359@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:58:46 PST." <e277d6c80912230658k45c946ddga3ea807704d7dc61@mail.gmail.com>
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Randi Harper wrote: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 6:50 AM, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote: > > Peer Schaefer <peer.schaefer@hamburg.de> wrote: > > > >> BTW, the Debian installer consists (a) of a modular, frontend agnostic > >> backend, and (b) different frontend "plugins", e.g. a curses-frontend or > >> a X/GTK+-frontend. This is a modular and very elegant approach (but > >> surely difficult to implement). > > > > Perhaps the way to go is a common table of target defaults eg > > /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.cfg > > Which could then be edited by all of > > Front end CLI (*) > > Front end curses GUI (*) > > (*) Maybe these 2 alternatives should be > > the first question the installer asks ? > > Front end X11 GUI (for later after main install complete > > - Shudder, Not that I'd use it, but someone > > would probably want to write one). > > vi - for editing, & writing back to new boot media, > > to auto install on multiple identical new machines. > > > I would sooner stab myself in the face. Not obvious at all which your personal revulsion applies to CLI ? ncurses ? install.cfg ?, X11 ?, vi ? I was trying to think of a unifying structure that would allow for variant personal preferences, inc. prefs to avoid some interfaces. (eg personally I've no use for X11 post install, or 'vi install.cfg` mass production install, but there's others it would attract). > > All of 4.11, 7.1 & 8.0 man sysinstall contain: > > This product is currently at the end of its life cycle and > > will eventually be replaced. > > > Sure, once someone writes something everyone can agree upon. Until > then, sorry, you're stuck with sysinstall. :) Yes, & All will never agree, it's schismatic, sort of thing attractive to PCBSD DesktopBSD or Yet-Another-BSD forks/front ends, or about as endless discussion as which brewery brews best beer :-) Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey: BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Mail plain text not quoted-printable, HTML or Base64: http://asciiribbon.org
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