Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:52:26 +0100 From: Jose M Rodriguez <josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es> To: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com> Cc: Jose M Rodriguez <josemi@freebsd.jazztel.es> Subject: Re: My project wish-list for the next 12 months Message-ID: <200412031352.27660.freebsd@redesjm.local> In-Reply-To: <41B05C0C.9050503@sitetronics.com> References: <41AE3F80.1000506@freebsd.org> <200412031152.32859.freebsd@redesjm.local> <41B05C0C.9050503@sitetronics.com>
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El Viernes, 3 de Diciembre de 2004 13:29, Devon H. O'Dell escribi=F3: > Jose M Rodriguez wrote: > > El Jueves, 2 de Diciembre de 2004 02:23, Peter Kieser escribi=F3: > >>Scott Long wrote: [ ... ] > > Also, I can remenber, al last, other previous try. Please, use a > > safe path. As a reference, Mandrake Drakx is accesible via cvs > > (but gpl). > > > > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/drakx.php3 > > > > As anaconda (which use python instead of perl) is an installer > > working from a system interpreter in a big mdfs. works over > > perlgtk2 and a vesa X server. This may be used in FreeBSD for > > cdrom/pxe installs > > Anaconda is also GPLed and also requires a good few changes for most > of it to run under FreeBSD. I haven't made any of these changes, but > we looked into using Anaconda in DragonFly before we started on our > own installer, and it would have just been too much work for the > deadline we had (our 1.0 installer was written in less than 3 > months!). Yes, it is in Python, but all the VESA stuff is via > framebuffer, not an X server, so it's not something that we could use > easily. At least, this was the case when I researched it in May. > Anything GPL probably won't qualify in the first place, due to > obvious license incompatibilities. > I'm not talking about port Anaconda or DarkX, but on analyse the=20 building blocks: =2D a two mfs based apoarch (stage1/stage2) =2D a powerfull system orirented interpreter (perl/python) =2D proven system libraries (perlgtk2 ...) =2D a vesa based Xserver, very reduced. > While I don't want to sound shameless, I do urge you who are used to > sysinstall to take a look at our installer -- > http://www.bsdinstaller.org. It's very simple to extend, and it's not > very large. > I found bsdinstaller a good candidate, but more a WIP that a reference. =20 Both anaconda and DrakX are more mature. I don't know too much about anaconda, but DarkX have several years of=20 evolution. And maybe someone find perl more familiar than python. > I haven't looked at Drakx at all, so I can't say anything useful > about that. > You can find it on Mandrake cvs, but I don't know if they have a cvsweb=20 interface. =2D- josemi > HTH, > > Devon H. O'Dell
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