Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 16:59:49 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, jb@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au, jim.king@mail.sstar.com, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha port.. Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.980109163738.1261W-100000@cynic.portal.ca> In-Reply-To: <11733.884391618@time.cdrom.com>
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On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > Hmmmm. I'd be interested to see the approach you guys have taken. As > someone who's long been reviewing just what it would take to rip > sysinstall screaming out of FreeBSD and replace it with something > far better, I'm curious to see what your own design goals and > methodologies are! Well, a look in src/distrib/util/sysinst should give you an idea. :-) I wouldn't necessarially say that what's there now exactly demonstrates where we want to be, though. There are at least a few developers who want to rototill the whole thing. I've not looked too closely at it myself yet, either. But it is a definite improvement over our last install system, at any rate. cjs Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Through infinite mist, software reverberates Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 In code possess'd of invisible folly.
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