Andre Molyneux wrote: > Dave Miner wrote: >> >> Agreed. The implementation you see right now is quite some ways from >> the intended final form; the current version leveraged what we had to >> get something available in OpenSolaris, but isn't providing an >> architecture for the long term. > > Dave, > > As someone who's been thrashing like hell to get the installadm test > suite put back into the STC gate, this email sounds worrying. Will > the changes being considered significantly alter or replace user > interfaces, user actions (e.g. how clients are booted and how the > user knows when the install is complete), and/or the various things > we currently look at to make sure that services have been configured > properly (tftp, dhcp, etc.)? > > If the answer is "yes", then it's probably time to have a discussion > on whether further effort on the current AI suites is a good investment > of QE's slim resources. >
This is about how AI (and the other installers) is put together and works internally, not the interfaces it presents to the users and that require testing. Evolution, not revolution, is expected there as we continue to complete the feature set. Carry on as you have been, in other words. Dave
