On May 14, 2009, at 11:44 AM, Clay Baenziger wrote: > Hi Karen, > We can easily implement the same functionality as the current GUI > with AI. (Though, perhaps I'm confused in such a thought though.) So > the presentation format can still be what ever we'd like. I think > the system requirements for AI are quite low but should certainly be > less than the GUI. > I think the ability to tap AI's functionality to select what is > installed would be very beneficial to someone using the text > installer for a system with minimal resources, for one example of > how AI's power could be beneficial. > I'm not sure if hooks would or would not be needed but it would > seem that one less interaction would keep things simpler. > Thank you, > Clay >
Let's stick to one problem at a time. First, I'd like to see a text installer that is functionally equivalent to the GUI installer--no "extra power", please. SIMPLE. STRAIGHTFORWARD. After that, we can talk. > On Thu, 14 May 2009, Karen Tung wrote: > >> Clay Baenziger wrote: >>> Since AI is a very rich feature set and provides for our current >>> level of server and install customization, could the text >>> installer be a front end to creating a manifest for an AI install >>> (which could then just be kicked off and reported up through the >>> text installer)? This would prevent needing to add more hooks into >>> libtransfer, etc. for yet another presentation format? >>> Thank you, >>> Clay >> Creating a text-based front end for creating an AI manifest for >> install is a drastically different presentation format >> feature set and have different system requirements compared to the >> current GUI installer. Why is it better for >> the target users of the text installer? Why do you think that more >> hooks are needed into >> libtransfer in order for the text installer to create a similar >> install experience to the GUI installer? >> >> --Karen >> > _______________________________________________ > caiman-discuss mailing list > caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss
