It could fit in advanced mode.There will be some people who only need certain packages installed with FreeDOS,or can only fit certain ones.There may be someone using FreeDOS as an embedded network OS,so they would only install the network packages,and the EDIT package.
On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. <jer...@shidel.net> wrote: > > > On Dec 17, 2015, at 12:38 PM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU < > jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org> wrote: > > > > Perhaps implementing some of the code from the older installer > (FD1.1)?That allowed you to select your packages on install.We could take > some of the code from that and use it for our modern ADVANCED mode. > > Detailed package selection would not be difficult to create from scratch. > I just don’t know if I want to spend any time on a separate > utility that 99.9% of the people who install FreeDOS would never use or > see. On top of that, I know from what Jim has said, he > has no desire for that feature. > > > > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. < > jer...@shidel.net> wrote: > > Hello Jim, > > > > Mostly, I don’t think it is too complex. > > > > It really only has one mode of operation. Fresh install. > > > > However, it will make a backup and preserve package data when a user > > happens to be upgrading. > > > > If no language setting was found, the first screen prompts for the > language. > > > > Next is the Welcome to the Installer screen. > > > > (Clean system, Asks to partition and to format) > > > > (Pre-existing OS askes to make a backup) > > > > Install Base/All w/without sources. > > > > The the install now prompt. > > > > (installs OS) > > > > Asks to reboot or exit. > > > > All of the other prompting and questions are only shown in advanced mode. > > They just provide an opportunity for the user to override default > actions and > > assumptions that the installer > > > > Is there anything in particular that has you concerned? > > > > Just an FYI, I am really leaning towards not providing detailed package > selection > > in advanced mode. I have though of several ways to implement it. But, > > I don’t really like any of the ones I have come up with that don’t > require > > a separate utility that does it. I am not going to create a tool just > for that. > > So, DPS probably won’t be included in the standard installer. > > > > Other than DPS, determining what packages are in BASE and ALL, and adding > > languages, the installer is done. > > > > > > > On Dec 17, 2015, at 11:32 AM, Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote: > > > > > > I worry that the new FreeDOS installer is becoming too complex, trying > to do all things for every use case and every user. > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. < > jer...@shidel.net> wrote: > > > Tying to decide what to do about a specific upgrade situation > regarding package files. > > > > > > At present: > > > > > > DOSDIR is backed up. > > > > > > All packages that are going to be installed are removed > before installation. > > > > > > Package data files are backed up. > > > > > > The the DOSDIR is purged. > > > > > > Package data files are restored. > > > > > > New packages are installed. > > > > > > Issue: > > > > > > Packages that have files in the DOSDIR, will lose those files. > > > > > > Solution 1: (Present behavior) > > > > > > Let the user worry about it, and let them do a remove/install > of those packages later. > > > > > > Solution 2: > > > > > > Also, uninstall any packages that have any files that reside > in the DOSDIR. > > > > > > Solution 3: > > > > > > Restore the missing files from the backup. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Freedos-devel mailing list > > > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-devel mailing list > > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-devel mailing list > > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel >
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