Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 18:08:35 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty Jr.) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, bora@wireless.stanford.edu, imp@village.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X for install (was: Re: syscons driver) Message-ID: <199601020738.SAA03983@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199601020726.XAA04703@rah.star-gate.com> from "Amancio Hasty Jr." at Jan 1, 96 11:26:47 pm
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Amancio Hasty Jr. stands accused of saying: >> Warner is on the right track though, what we need is an installation process >> that is independant of the user interface. > > Maybe . I would focus on describing a syntax and grammar for the installation > procedure then offered different front-ends . That's a bit tough. Defining a syntax for the user interface that's independant of the interface cuts in from the other end, and allows more code specialisation in handling the installation itself. I'd be further along in making this vaporware happen (a little, anyway) if it weren't for my Christmas Crash 8( > Amancio -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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