From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 3 22:11:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD2AA106564A; Mon, 3 Oct 2011 22:11:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA0B38FC0C; Mon, 3 Oct 2011 22:11:58 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LSI00706DJXWV00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:11:57 -0500 (CDT) Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net (i3-user-nat.icecube.wisc.edu [128.104.255.12]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LSI002R7DJVG320@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:11:56 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:11:55 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: To: Garrett Cooper Message-id: <4E8A251B.3000300@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=128.104.255.12 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-9, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2011.10.3.210314, SenderIP=128.104.255.12 References: <201110031513.p93FD9ev015593@svn.freebsd.org> <4E8A209E.8010407@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0) Gecko/20110928 Thunderbird/7.0 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:20:23 +0000 Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Doug Barton , src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r225937 - in head: . release release/amd64 release/i386 release/ia64 release/pc98 release/powerpc release/scripts release/sparc64 usr.sbin usr.sbin/sysinstall X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:11:59 -0000 On 10/03/11 15:54, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Oct 3, 2011, at 1:52 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > >> On 10/03/2011 08:13, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >>> Author: nwhitehorn >>> Date: Mon Oct 3 15:13:09 2011 >>> New Revision: 225937 >>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/225937 >>> >>> Log: >>> Farewall, sysinstall! You served us well for many years, but 10.0 is one >>> digit beyond your time. >> >> sysinstall had (at least) 2 primary purposes, installation, and >> post-install system configuration. The new installer is a good step >> towards the first goal, but we currently have nothing to fulfill the >> second role. For that reason I think this step is premature. >> >> One could also make the case that this is exactly the kind of disruptive >> change that the release engineer asked us not to do until the release is >> done, but I'll leave that to them to deal with. :) > > FWIW, I thought timeline between deprecation and deletion was at least 2 releases too.. > -Garrett I had thought the intention was to let it remain in 9.0 indefinitely and then to remove it from 10 (which gives sysinstall a more than 20-year run). I brought this up early last week on the freebsd-sysinstall list, to no objections and some encouragement. It can be reverted, of course, if people would prefer that. -Nathan