Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2000 20:45:04 -0600 From: Charlie <bobkruk@misnet.com> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Ignacio Cristerna <ignacioc@avantel.net>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation: what to (not) do about it Message-ID: <3A04C9B0.811803CA@misnet.com> References: <24441.973306588@winston.osd.bsdi.com>
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No quote, just an addition to what's been said about licensing of the new installer: If a new licensing model applied to the New Installer during its first year of incorporation into FreeBSD, we could do something Redhat-ish in having two installers during that first year: the new one, and the old dialogue one. The new one, I assume, will be graphical, and if the hardcore 80x25 folks want something text-based, they can still use the old one. This approach would also allow us to have wide distribution (i.e. beta testing) of the new installer without forcing people to use it until it's proven stable. This first year, under any license, would pass VERY quickly (esp. WRT the dialogue alternative), and we're likely to see more coders interested in it if there's a beta included with every Official FreeBSD CD set. This could serve as the proof-of-concept that Terry said was necessary for adoption among developers. This doesn't answer the question of 'Who will start?', but it makes the answer a little less critical, because if we have two concurrent install methods, it won't be so important to have a 100% polished GUI installer before it starts shipping. Comments, please :-) -Charlie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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