On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 01:49:40AM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: > [email protected] wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:57:07PM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: >>> Jan Friedel wrote: >>>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 05:04:26PM -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote: >>>>>> AFAICT, Indiana by default comes with a PATH that has >>>>>> /usr/gnu/bin in front of the rest.... >>>>> That is the default environment for the new user created by the OS >>>>> installer. >>>>> As always, users are free to change their $PATH to any set of tools they >>>>> like, >>>>> and shell scripts are encouraged to declare the paths to the tools they >>>>> need >>>>> so they are not broken by users with different $PATH settings. >>>> I'm just curious, why this cannot be an installation option? >>>> Sth. like ability to set netservices(1M) during the S10 >>>> installation. >>> If you read past discussions on the installer, you'll see that one of >>> the goals was to keep the install process as simple as possible. >>> Configuration options like this belong in the firstboot configuration >>> setup, or in visual panels where they don't add to the complexity of >>> the installer. >> >> But one of the (hidden ?) goals of OpenSolaris is to attract linux users. >> So one additional screen during installation which asks about your habits >> (PATH, etc.) >> shoudn't make it really more complicated. > > The point is that they don't *need* or have to be in the installer. > They're just as beneficial and useful at firstboot, in a Visual Panel, > or somewhere else. There is no overwhelmingly great reason to force > them to be part of the install process. Installation should be about > installation and the minimum amount of configuration to get the system > going. Anything beyond that is a pollution of the process IMO.
Shawn, if "polluting" of the process (by one screen !) is going to attract more linux - I would go for it. Unless just after first boot the Visual Panel which helps to setup linux-related things is automatically run. Or, to make it more general, _during_installation_ I would ask if you want to run (just after first boot) series of config dialogs which let you setup your environment (e.g. similar to Linux) etc. Don't force linux users to look for information (how to change that or that or ..). Put those information in front of their faces and they will be happy because of this special treatment. Regards Przemyslaw Bak (przemol) -- http://przemol.blogspot.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Szukasz pracy? Sprawdź nasze oferty! http://link.interia.pl/f22b8 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
