Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 00:31:33 +0200 (CEST) From: Marc Schneiders <marc@oldserver.demon.nl> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Distributions: Leveling the playing field Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909150029490.5356-100000@mistress.oldserver.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990914140446.04b44100@localhost>
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On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > At 12:35 PM 9/14/99 -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > >> It is very likely that many things which were done as part of that > > > distribution would be contributed. But this should not be a requirement. > > > >As long as the component itself was not a requirement to installing > >the product, I'd agree. If you make your hypothetical new installer a > >requirement and now all the users of "FreeBSD HyperBrett" are going > >through a substantially different installation experience and posting > >emails to -questions which say things like "I'm at the default smell > >configuration menu and I can't decide between (M)usty library and > >(D)amp basement, has anyone tried these two smells yet?", well, the > >people who staff those lists are going to be exceedingly confused. > > How about if the user is given the option of which installer to use? > Use of the new installer would not be a requirement but rather a third- > party option, and clearly labeled as such. Would this work? > > --Brett > Just curious: Have you got this fancy installer ready? Why not let us test it? Marc Schneiders marc@oldserver.demon.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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