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Author:     Alfonso S. Siciliano <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: 2025-12-31 13:38:53 +0000
Commit:     Lorenzo Salvadore <[email protected]>
CommitDate: 2026-01-17 12:04:33 +0000

    Status/2025Q4/parthenope-design-ideas.adoc: Add report
    
    Pull Request:   https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/593
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+=== Parthenope - Design and ideas
+
+Link: +
+link:https://gitlab.com/alfix/parthenope[Parthenope Repository] URL: link:https://gitlab.com/alfix/parthenope[]
+
+Contact: Alfonso Sabato Siciliano <[email protected]>
+
+Parthenope is a modular, two-step installer for the FreeBSD operating system, written primarily in Lua.
+The installation process is divided into two phases:
+
+. In the first step, configuration files and installation commands are generated using a variety of interactive interfaces.
+. In the second step, the actual system installation is executed based on the previously created files.
+
+The project is simple, extensible, and flexible.
+It is designed to support multiple frontends, languages, installation modes ("Auto", "Easy", and "Expert"), interactive levels, and logging options.
+
+Parthenope began as a personal project to answer a simple question: "What features would I want when installing FreeBSD on my laptop?"
+It has since evolved into an open source tool that anyone can use, adapt, or extend to meet their own requirements.
+
+During this quarter:
+* The motivations, a proof of concept, and some screenshot previews were presented at EuroBSDCon 2025, link:https://events.eurobsdcon.org/media/2025/submissions/FV7RJ7/resources/2-step-installer-zagreb-20_rpFDkax.pdf[slides].
+* The ISO image generation script and the internationalization subsystem were refactored.
+* A public repository was created.
+
+At the moment it is not yet possible to install FreeBSD.
+The next steps are:
+* Refactor the configuration file.
+* Refactor the subsystems: logging, modes, phase-2, etc.
+* Implement the installer components: partitioner, network manager, date/time, etc.
+
+In the initial phase, the only frontend will be a Text User Interface, very similar to bsdinstall, the default FreeBSD installer.
+Additional frontends will be added in the future.
+