*sigh* this has gotten way off track somehow. Looking back, I'm
probably primarily to blame.
The fact is: *I* *AM* interested in replacing or helping out with
an effort to replace/improve sysinstall. However, there are two
critical things I must understand if I am to do anything truely
productive along this line:
1. Should sysinstall be fixed or replaced.
2. What needs done to fix or improve sysinstall.
Now, I've gotten several excellent suggestions with regard to #2.
If any of my replies to these seem like arguments, then that's
just a part of my inability to communicate, as what I'm trying to
do is *understand* what exactly needs done. If I only change what
*I* want, it might not be terribly useful overall (as can be seen
by my divergence from other's opinions) You make an excellent point
of this in your second paragraph below.
What I was really interested in getting answered was #1, as it
was suggested by Terry Lambert that "sysinstall must go" (don't
remember his exact words) I have no desire to start repairing
something if a complete replacement is in order.
The fact of the matter is that I don't understand the problem
enough to fix it. It may seem strange to people that I'm more
interested in understanding this problem than in fixing problems
that I already understand. Well, I always have been a little
strange ...
Personally, I would appreciate it if folks would *not* back
off from this conversation, since I'm acutally beginning to
understand, thanks to the tireless efforts of many who already
understand.
-Bill
Garance A Drosihn wrote:
> The main problem I have seen with this discussion is that the
> current partitioning program works well for you (Bill). Every
> time anyone suggests something, you reply that it seems frivolous
> to you, or that there is no other installer that you personally
> have used which does a better job. We're not trying to suggest
> things to make partitioning easier for YOU, we're suggesting
> things which would make it nicer/easier/friendlier for US, or
> people that we deal with.
>
> Pretty much every time I have used the disk-partitioning software
> for freebsd I have hated it. The *reason* I hate it changes from
> run-to-run, but I've never been particularly happy with it. It
> is clear that you've had better luck with it than I have. I think
> I'll just leave it at that, instead of trying to interest you in
> making some changes to it. I do not mean this as a sarcastic jab,
> I am just making the observation that the current setup seems to
> work well for you, and thus you're not going to be as interested
> in changing it as we might have hoped.
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