Re: Gentoo installer project

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On Monday 26 January 2004 22:22, foser wrote:
> Besides the fact that the document disregards most of the discussion
> here on the D&R list so far concerning an installer. It -in my opinion-,
> like most other installer projects (except pen2), describes an installer
> that is a full replacement for the current installation process, which i
> think shoots way beyond the target audience of an installer.

That's why I wrote my orig reply in this thread. I think we should enhance =
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installation process instead of replacing it. We should allow the user to=20
tell the installer what to do, skip/repeat/reorder steps and have access to=
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the 'real' console all the time where the installer runs its commands and t=
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user can run his as well.

I agree that if the installer becomes an all-or-nothing replacement, many=20
people won't find it useful or enjoyable.

Also, with a good modular design we can add piece by piece what we think to=
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necessary, and in the other places the installer would just tell the user=20
things out of the install howto or not even that. That way we avoid overdoi=
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it - writing things our audience doesn't really need.

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Dan Armak
Gentoo Linux developer (KDE)
Matan, Israel
Public GPG key: http://dev.gentoo.org/~danarmak/danarmak-gpg-public.key
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