Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:58:46 -0800 From: Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why BSDs got no love Message-ID: <e277d6c80912230658k45c946ddga3ea807704d7dc61@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200912231450.nBNEoP1q063542@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <4B31D6F9.6040608@infracaninophile.co.uk> <200912231450.nBNEoP1q063542@fire.js.berklix.net>
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On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 6:50 AM, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote: > Peer Schaefer <peer.schaefer@hamburg.de> wrote: > >> BTW, the Debian installer consists (a) of a modular, frontend agnostic >> backend, and (b) different frontend "plugins", e.g. a curses-frontend or >> a X/GTK+-frontend. This is a modular and very elegant approach (but >> surely difficult to implement). > > Perhaps the way to go is a common table of target defaults eg > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0/usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.cfg > Which could then be edited by all of > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Front end CLI =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (*) > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Front end curses GUI =A0 =A0(*) > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(*) =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Maybe these 2 = alternatives should be > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0the first = question the installer asks ? > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Front end X11 GUI (for later after main install complete > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0- Shudder,= Not that I'd use it, but someone > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0would = probably want to write one). > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0vi - for editing, & writing back to new boot media, > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0to auto install on multiple identical new = machines. I would sooner stab myself in the face. > All of 4.11, 7.1 & 8.0 man sysinstall contain: > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0This product is currently at the end of its life cycle and > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0will eventually be replaced. Sure, once someone writes something everyone can agree upon. Until then, sorry, you're stuck with sysinstall. :) -- randi
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