Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 11:03:24 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD installers and future direction Message-ID: <51A39FEC.5070402@mu.org> In-Reply-To: <51A39039.1070202@cran.org.uk> References: <51A0DC3F.9030301@cran.org.uk> <CAK6u07WDZrWU4dnrBzQGYf%2BpbmibK7KxSUZyvie8jJQ1SMODuw@mail.gmail.com> <51A1025A.2020607@cran.org.uk> <51A14445.4060305@freebsd.org> <51A15EDF.6050600@erdgeist.org> <CA%2BWntOtrgkstTOamTZh9_FvATd8a55ca9hCUFF1sE=2zSd4EQA@mail.gmail.com> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201F5B337@ltcfiswmsgmb26> <51A38051.8040909@mu.org> <51A39039.1070202@cran.org.uk>
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On 5/27/13 9:56 AM, Bruce Cran wrote: > On 27/05/2013 16:48, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >> Why can we not use in the interim use pc-sysinstall on the platforms >> that it performs best on and use bsdinstall on the others? > > Because pc-sysinstall doesn't have a UI - it's only a backend. If we > update bsdinstall to use it, then it won't work on other platforms. > This still doesn't make sense to me. Why can bsdinstall not conditionally use it? Do we always have to seek the lowest common denominator for our user experience? -Alfred
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