> On Oct 17, 2015, at 1:48 PM, Michael Brutman <[email protected]> wrote: > > +1 > > Also, I personally think the 'batch file setup' idea is deeply flawed. > > There is a balance to achieve. The more complicated a task is, the more the > complexity should be hidden away in a few key places. An operating system is > the canonical example of this; we build operating systems so that people can > build programs or use them without having to do task and device management > directly. An operating system installer which is to be used by millions [or > in our case hundreds ;-) ] of people should try to hide as much complexity as > possible. I don't think you can do that with batch files.
Jim want’s the default normal installer to be batched based and to have as few questions as possible. The basic mode is mostly done at this point. Advanced mode is waiting on a couple other V8 utilities I need to do. IGNORE THE HASTY DEVELOPMENT TEXT IN THE PROMPTS AND SUCH. This is only text I stuffed in there during creation and zero effort and nearly zero time was spent on the text you see. Instead, all the effort was spent on working around limitations caused by a batch file implementation and creating (hopefully) a stable, reliable and extensible installer. Demo Video: https://www.facebook.com/jshidel/videos/10208019256868395/ Hopefully, I will have some time tomorrow to finish up FDI and put a video up of what you see when switching to advanced mode. > > Maybe I've misread what is going on. Is there a one page summary/design doc > of what the new installer is supposed to do and how it is doing it? What are > the target machines and what install media will be supported? There is a very rough “Manual” on it’s github page at: https://github.com/shidel/FDI V8Power Tools are a separate project. But, without them the FDI would not work. https://github.com/LoopZ/V8Power > > > > Mike > > > On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Matej Horvat <[email protected]> > wrote: > On Sat, 17 Oct 2015 01:50:22 +0200, Jerome Shidel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hopefully, over the next couple days, I expect to have some free time to > > finish the FDI 1.2 batch installer. This does not include a couple > > advanced options. Such as altering the installation target or detailed > > package selection. Those will require me to finish V8PT first. > > Then it won't be really finished. This isn't Firefox or Ubuntu, so we > don't have to put out rushed releases. Take your time and finish it. > > > If nobody minds skipping those advanced installer features and everyone > > gets motivated on getting release out, it could be a Halloween Edition. > > Hold your horses. What about testing, to make sure it works in all edge > cases and when upgrading from 1.0 or 1.1? And localizing? The old > installer was available in several languages, so this one should be too. > > I'd also appreciate "advanced" features for the case when you want to > install e.g. one or two things from NET or UTIL in addition to BASE, but > not everything. Yes, there's FDNPKG, but what when you don't have a 386+ > and an Internet connection? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
