Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:52:32 +0100 From: Jose M Rodriguez <josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Peter Kieser <pfak@telus.net> Subject: Re: My project wish-list for the next 12 months Message-ID: <200412031152.32859.freebsd@redesjm.local> In-Reply-To: <41AE6E98.1070202@telus.net> References: <41AE3F80.1000506@freebsd.org> <41AE6E98.1070202@telus.net>
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El Jueves, 2 de Diciembre de 2004 02:23, Peter Kieser escribi=F3: > Scott Long wrote: > > 2. New installer. I know some people still consider this a joke, > > but the reality is that sysinstall is no longer state of the art.=20 > > It's fairly good at the simple task that it does, but it's becoming > > harder and harder to fix bugs and extend functionality in it. It's > > also fairly unfriendly to those of us who haven't been using it > > since 1995. The DFly folks have some very interesting work in this > > area (www.bsdinstaller.com) and it would be very good to see if we > > can collaborate with them on it. > > Please, don't change /stand/sysinstall *too* much, there is really > nothing wrong with the interface of it, and it's what makes FreeBSD > so "quick" to install. At the very least, make sure you do NOT go for > an XFree86 installation, and keep to the "KISS" approach. Visually > wise, theres nothing wrong with the current installer.. and its one > of the things I "promote" about FreeBSD -- the ease to install. It's > small, its fast.. and it works, however in error situations it does > mess up badly. I second that. It's the biggest thing we can put in a floppy. But, if works on a new installer are needed, this must be neccesary: sysinstall is only the most user related thing of and overall process. =20 I think this must begin with taking /usr/src/release out of /usr/src=20 and work on a new release build system. Also, I can remenber, al last, other previous try. Please, use a safe=20 path. As a reference, Mandrake Drakx is accesible via cvs (but gpl). http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/drakx.php3 As anaconda (which use python instead of perl) is an installer working=20 from a system interpreter in a big mdfs. works over perlgtk2 and a vesa=20 X server. This may be used in FreeBSD for cdrom/pxe installs=20 > _______________________________________________=20 > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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