On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Vincent <[email protected]> wrote: > > *Problem #1: I forced to do it, since Gobo doesn’t allow “simplified > > allocation” of drive. Nowadays there is no any serious reason to split > one > > drive for /boot, /home and other partitions.* > > L> We're not going to cover all possible partition allocation scenarios in > our > L> installer. > > Actually it's the most common case - use a whole drive. Only old-school > beards > use separate partitions, because they have complex use scenario on > corporate servers. > I think it's not a big job put one more option [x] Use full drive - this > will > simplify entrance for beginners (if you wish Gobo be more popular). > > *Problem #2: On “select packages” stage ALL PACKAGES WERE SELECTED! > > L> Been there, done that. We may do that on the next release again. > > Yep, cool! Funny to say, but some people even don't need GCC! > Having minimal preselected set won't create any problem, since we have > dependency resolution. > > > *Problem #3: Only a few packages had description. WHY?? > > L> We had a call for alpha/beta testing and, despite the great feedback we > L> received, nobody noticed that, and I didn't spot that either. > > Emm... I cannot detect, is it eyes problem or something mental, but > believe me - > sitting in front of hundred abbreviations is not the option even for > professional penguinners. > I saw _a_few_ descriptions, but most of 'em were missing. Do you confirm > THEY WERE MISSING? > Hardly only my PC lost the text! :) >
Yes, I confirm they are missing. I've opened an issue to make sure I fix that in the next release cycle. > > > *Problem #4:** Autoinstall of packages went well only for first 30 > > packages, next I got… NO SPACE ERROR! > > L> Are you sure you have formatted your target partition? > > Ah... thanks, one more puzzle (after fdisk) before I get normal > installation! :) > You can hate Windowoze, but it's exemplary system for user friendly setup. > My offer is to eliminate this headache with partitions/formatting - in > 21th century > it's shame to behave like geeks from 70-ies - format that, solder that, > switch this... it's boring/stupid/ridiculous! > Installer should offer default, non-intrusive behaviour: automate as much > as possible, > give option where it's necessary. Next->next->next - viola, your system is > ready! > > L> ... Or, perhaps, you installed it on the ESP (bootloader) partition. > > No-no... don't mix responsibility - not me, but Installer! My job was just > answer > dialogs. > Yes, and one of the dialogs was asking if you wanted to format the target partition. I wonder if that box was left unchecked? > *So please let’s fix these childish problems and reissue new, more adequate > > release.* > > L> I like it whey you say "let's". I will happily review pull requests. > > I'm developer and happy to help, but my primary language is C# on Win. > In background I have Perl, C, Tcl, Ruby, Delphi... hell, I can study even > Lua! > Just guess how I was disappointed to see Installer was written on clownish > 'python'. > Fortran-like "space depended syntax" - I thought it's dead in 70-es, but > no... there is always > marginal people who drive across road. :) > Well, I can look at the code, but I cannot guarantee my fixes won't make > you falling in LOL :) > > This code: https://github.com/gobolinux/Installer/blob/master/bin/ > GoboLinuxInstaller > is the only code used for setup? > Yes, that's Installer's main code. Some of the utilities it invokes come from the ConfigTools package, available here: https://github.com/gobolinux/ConfigTools/tree/master/bin But for the points you raised on your emails, GoboLinuxInstaller is the script you'll want to play with. Lucas
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