Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:54:21 +0000 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Removal of sysinstall from HEAD and lack of a post-install configuration tool Message-ID: <AF1D44FB-44E7-465F-A3ED-3B965ED9C224@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <4EF95235.7020502@FreeBSD.org> References: <4EF904F2.4020109@FreeBSD.org> <CAGMYy3v3sLibyF_PPXLhTvMK-cj%2BU8MRMVU2rCyXvq1RXrP9TQ@mail.gmail.com> <4EF95235.7020502@FreeBSD.org>
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I think such a tool should /not/ be a port, since I expect it would include a package browser in it. I think it's something that could really help new users get used to FreeBSD without having to trawl through man pages right at the start. -- Bruce Cran Sent from my iPad On 27 Dec 2011, at 05:05, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On 12/26/2011 20:29, Xin LI wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> The story so far ... >>> >>> sysinstall was removed from HEAD in October. I (and others) objected on >>> the basis that at this time there is no replacement for the post-install >>> configuration role that sysinstall played. More sysinstall components >>> were then removed. Then the old version of libdialog (which sysinstall >>> used) was removed. Thus at this point it's not possible to easily >>> restore sysinstall. >>> >>> So my question is, how much do you care? Is lack of that functionality >>> in HEAD something that we care about? >> >> Perhaps make it a port instead? I personally don't use sysinstall for >> post-install tasks at all, but it won't hurt to have such >> functionality. > > You're not the first person to suggest that, but I don't see how it's > actually responsive to the problem. This issue only affects HEAD, so a > port would not be generally useful. It would also be an enormous amount > of work to make it into a port. It would be much easier to revert the > necessary changes to bring back the old libdialog and sysinstall itself. > > > Doug > > -- > > [^L] > > Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. > Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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