From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 7 23:20:03 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C00F16A417 for ; Sun, 7 Jan 2007 23:20:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D636C13C45B for ; Sun, 7 Jan 2007 23:20:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1H3hJ4-0000Uv-1u for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:20:02 +0100 Received: from 89-172-46-216.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([89.172.46.216]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:20:02 +0100 Received: from ivoras by 89-172-46-216.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:20:02 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:18:54 +0100 Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <73387c420701071410p710a3436gdecda61d57643950@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig20D318DAD068A68CECC9A856" X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 89-172-46-216.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) In-Reply-To: <73387c420701071410p710a3436gdecda61d57643950@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.2 Sender: news Subject: Re: Why is sysinstall considered end-of-life? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:20:03 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig20D318DAD068A68CECC9A856 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mark Lu wrote: > I've read up a few things stating that sysinstall is at its > end-of-life and there are plans to replace it. I'm wondering about the > reasons or rationale behind this. Even today, sysinstall seems to work > extremely well as an easy-to-use, simple, and stable tool for the > installation of FreeBSD. None of the features seem limiting or > outdated to me. So, why is there a move to find a replacement or > something? Software shouldn't be replaced for the sole reason of being > old if it works, right? Two reasons AFAIK: 1. it simply doesn't even know how deal with the more modern features like GEOM & RAID, more advanced authentication mechanisms (nsswitch), and devices like sound cards (there are many more in this list...) 2. it's way past what's currently considered "user friendly" --------------enig20D318DAD068A68CECC9A856 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFoX/eldnAQVacBcgRAqi6AJ9O1+6oO73/0v9l7eLyP325l9gI5ACeLMmF s9e4fV91s17xCbvTW8LXIfk= =OJ+2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig20D318DAD068A68CECC9A856--