From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 1 23:39:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA05414 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 1 Jan 1996 23:39:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA05375 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 1996 23:38:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id SAA03983; Tue, 2 Jan 1996 18:08:35 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601020738.SAA03983@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: X for install (was: Re: syscons driver) To: hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty Jr.) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 18:08:35 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, bora@wireless.stanford.edu, imp@village.org, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199601020726.XAA04703@rah.star-gate.com> from "Amancio Hasty Jr." at Jan 1, 96 11:26:47 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk 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." [[