Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:28:09 +0000 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: install Message-ID: <4734A6B9.1080102@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <473492E7.9050005@cs.okstate.edu> References: <0JR7007833LW9A50@VL-MH-MR001.ip.videotron.ca> <473492E7.9050005@cs.okstate.edu>
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Reid Linnemann wrote: > The installer has been a >bikeshed for many years; everyone seems to know what color it should be, >how many windows it should have, how many doors to install, what type of >lighting it needs, how many penguins should be accommodated in the >rafters, and what relative orientation it should have to the earth's >magnetic field; yet the most vocal of these people naturally have no >contributions to make towards the installer's actual codebase. > > You didn't mention that everyone has different answers to each of those questions, and different ideas about which questions are the most important (but sill no code to contribute). I'm strongly in favour of 3.5 finely sliced (but not diced) penguins and a relative angle of 23 degrees, but I don't expect many people to agree :-) Like many people I'm happy to see experienced developer time go on features I might actually use often, as opposed to an installer that gets used almost never, especially when the current one does appear to work and do what I want. --Alex
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