Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 12:58:44 -0400 From: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Dirk Engling <erdgeist@erdgeist.org>, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD installers and future direction Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOt48on5K6xvbMC%2BYrqiBgmdO_PXSTSAwzOJ-9ZaxaG3zw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201F5B337@ltcfiswmsgmb26> 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>
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May I- and others- see the hyperlink to the project, please? On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 11:45 PM, Teske, Devin <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com>w= rote: > > On May 25, 2013, at 7:51 PM, Super Bisquit wrote: > > > Please don't turn this into an architecture dependent mess. PCBSD is > i386 & > > AMD64 only. > > > > There's a GSoC project (of which I'm potential mentor) to fix that. > > However, you are entirely right=85 we can't in all seriousness even think > about using pc-sysinstall until it is solid on all architectures as > bsdinstall already is. > > GSoC project is: "Making pc-sysinstall FreeBSD ready by porting it to > multiple architectures" > -- > Devin > > > > > > > On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 9:01 PM, Dirk Engling <erdgeist@erdgeist.org> > wrote: > > > >> On 26.05.13 01:07, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > >> > >>> I'm not aware of any movement there (on either side of the table). I'= d > >>> personally be very suspicious of an all-sh(1) future -- by far the > >>> cleanest parts of bsdinstall are in C -- and this is especially true > for > >>> interacting with geom. That said, since I've lost nearly all of my fr= ee > >>> time and ability to work on bsdinstall, I won't get in the way of > anyone > >>> else working on things > >> > >> As discussed at BSDCan, I'd be willing to participate in the developme= nt > >> and at least implement setting up zpools/zfs and geli/gbde providers. = I > >> have done similar things in sh in my ezjail tools and think I can glue > >> the rest together. > >> > >> Scanning through the pc-sysinstall code, I find nothing too fancy ther= e > >> regarding either interaction with zfs nor geom tools. I do not think i= t > >> is necessary as a back end just for these features. > >> > >> Nathan, is there any design rationale available for the scripts, e.g. = on > >> why you chose sh versus C and were you provided with some kind of wish > >> list/requirements in the first place? Any particular mail thread to sc= an > >> through beforehand? > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> erdgeist > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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" > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > > _____________ > The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or > confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete t= he > message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the messa= ge > in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, plea= se > be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving > and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. >
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