Alok Aggarwal wrote: > Some of the things I believe the AI client redesign > should include are - > > 1. Provide a smoother user experience. Specifically > in terms of the following - > > a) predictability around slice/partition editing > features > b) predictability around default disk selection > c) better progress and error reporting > d) implementing (or considering to implement) a > more complete set of features such as allowing > setting of keyboard type, allowing a dry run mode > and support for multiple disks > > 2. Provide the ability to customize an install based > on a profile that is built on-the-fly (like a derived > profile). This would also include revisiting the > design wrt to whether the intelligence should be on > the server side (as it currently is) or it should be > on the client side instead. > > Is there anything else that should be included in this > work that I may have missed?
Related to derived profiles, there is also the concept of dynamic in-place substitution of client system values into a manifest. This may have impact with the manifest schema redesign so hashing this out the earlier the better. thanks, -ethan > > Thanks, > Alok > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss
