Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 09:33:43 +0000 From: rb@gid.co.uk (Bob Bishop) To: hackers@freebsd.org Cc: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> Subject: Re: X for install Message-ID: <v01510100ad0e9f60a0d7@[194.32.164.2]>
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At 8:17 pm 1/1/96, Amancio Hasty Jr. wrote: >[stuff deleted] >In my case, I am willing to tolerate the system installation cause >I don't do it that often. > > Amancio Look, you can please all the people some of the time, or... Let's say there are two sorts of people in the world: A) need a real simple installation route (or else they need too much support), B) will get by just fine with a shell prompt and the odd script. For either A or B, an X-based installation may be nice cosmetically but functionally it'll be neutral at best. More likely it won't run on a wide range of hardware and it'll be slow (am I the only person in the world who gets pissed off with how long it takes to install Solaris 2?). Reading back over this thread, I don't seem to be the only one who doesn't like the way this discussion is headed. Most of my machines run headless (yes they have VGAs and I'd prefer a serial console install). In a couple of cases I have to interfere with the install because of whacky hardware configuration. The very last thing I need is X-based installation. For my 2 cents, the current installation mechanism is a pretty good compromise. Group B's can live with it, and my limited experience suggests that group A's find it pretty easy to use. As Amancio points out, most people don't install that often anyway. It's simply not worth investing in an X-based installation that could at best only deliver cosmetic improvements; better use the effort to smooth the functional bumps in the existing install over the widest possible range of hardware. -- Bob Bishop (01734) 774017 international code +44 1734 rb@gid.co.uk fax (01734) 894254 between 0800 and 1800 UK
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