On 16/07/2009, at 11:49 AM, Shawn Walker wrote: > Jean McCormack wrote: >> There are several issues with respect to the addition of software >> selection >> in the installer that need to be addressed. > > My first comment is to agree with Glynn, that I think this would be > better handled as a first-boot task using Visual Panels or the > packagemanager GUI itself somehow. Not only will that help keep the > installer substantially simpler, but it would avoid some of the > complexities that you're going to run into by trying to deal with > this during install time. > > If you were producing a Live DVD that contained all of the software, > it might make more sense, but providing functionality for network- > based installs inside the installer seems like a needless > duplication of functionality already provided by packagemanager or > pkg(1).
Just for the record, I was advocating adding some sort of package selection (or group package selection) in the installer originally. I think you make a good point though, that perhaps this may be a better inclusion for a first-boot task. I can still see the advantage of being able to selectively install part of a LiveCD, LiveDVD or LiveUSB (which could easily handle an entire repo) - those who may or may not want a desktop environment being a common choice I think. Glynn
