On Jan 15, 2008 11:55 PM, John Sonnenschein <johnsonnenschein at gmail.com> wrote: > > On 15-Jan-08, at 9:20 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: > > > On Jan 15, 2008 11:10 PM, John Sonnenschein <johnsonnenschein at gmail.com > > > wrote: > >> forgive me if this has been discussed before, I couldn't find mention > >> of it in the archives... > >> > >> What's the problem with having an installer option such as "advanced" > >> somewhere in the user setup section that would allow a user to choose > >> what the default environment will be > > > > This has been discussed before, at the Summit in fact. > > > > The short of it is that an advanced installation path quickly gets > > complicated. > > Hence the name.
Stating the obvious isn't useful. I wasn't stating the obvious. I should have been clearer: "an advanced installation path quickly gets needlessly complex and ruins the overall installer usually." > > You start with one installation option, and before you know it, you > > end up with a thousand. > > hyperbole. last time I installed redhat they had an advanced path that > wasn't bad I don't agree. > > Dave and his team, from what I gather, are focused on a simple, great > > install experience foremost. > > then they have failed before they started. removing all possibility > for options as a design decision is failure to create a great install > experience. I don't agree. Apple and GNOME do the same thing all the time and the same accusations are flung at them. Yet, they are successful. > > That is what they have the need for. > > > > While Dave may not be personally interested nor have the time (due to > > resource allocation) to support a more "advanced installation path", > > from talking with him, it is clear that they have intentionally left > > "hooks" in the install code so that others can implement this > > functionality if they so desire. > > > > Remember that caiman is just an installer, it doesn't know anything > > about "GNU" or "BSD" for that matter. > > > > You need to talk with the distributions using the installer if you > > want to influence choices they are making. > > > >> the only other option I can see is to fork indiana to get a legacy- > >> compatible version > > > > Or just use the distribution constructor...not difficult. > > that /is/ a fork. I don't agree. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben
