Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 16:13:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Dean <bsd@bsdhome.com> To: Jack Rusher <jar@integratus.com> Cc: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Knobs for optional software... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007121555260.19955-100000@vger.bsdhome.com> In-Reply-To: <396BF7CD.C9D80CCA@integratus.com>
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Jack Rusher wrote: > > Why isn't a sysinstall knob sufficient to install the > > LPR of choice? Such a knob seems to work fine for X > > and the various desktops (KDE, GNOME, WindowMaker)[3]. > > I think the knob approach is an excellent way to go. It seems to me > that the best installer for most people's needs would: > > o install almost nothing by default > o have knobs for nearly everything > o have "bundle" packages that group things together > o when a user requests a bundle, ask which (say) print system they > want (query on duplicates) > > We have something like that now with the "User, Developer, Kernel > Developer, etc" choice for which distributions to drop, so why not do > the same thing for install packaging? (I mean, aside from the huge > amount of work involved). We would, of course, need a little more > package metadata to make this anything but a maintenance nightmare, but > I think some XML and a clever architecture could work out pretty well. As a person who installs racks of systems at a time, I would ask that however you improve the interactive user interface to sysinstall, you preserve the scripting facility that allows us to perform "nearly hands-off" installs which the current sysinstall currently supports very well (or, at least, works well enough that I haven't sent in patches yet :)). Also, please don't lose the support for doing installs using the serial console. While I understand the desire to present a nice interface for interactive installations, please don't leave the server/cluster users out in the cold. For us, _requiring_ a graphical console and requiring lots of interaction with the installation program would be a hugangeous step backwards. -Brian -- Brian Dean bsd@FreeBSD.org bsd@bsdhome.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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