Dave Miner wrote:
Darren J Moffat wrote:
Dave Miner wrote:
The way the Live CD is constructed is not conducive to partial
installs, except as an "install it all and then remove portions"
implementation.
Going back a point: One of the problems with not offering selections
in the installer is that it can present the impression that packages
which aren't included on the media for space reasons are just not
available, at the critical time when the user is sticking a toe in
the water. I think that's an especially vital issue with
(Open)Solaris, as lack of available software has been a persistent
impression that we're fighting hard to address.
Beyond that issue, requiring a two-step (install, reboot, then work
on it) to get the popular things presents a fairly clunky experience,
in my opinion. The point here is not to be perfect, hence the
limited selection set being proposed, but to be good enough in a lot
of cases.
This issue is one that has come up several times at LOSUG meetings.
Particular from people very skilled with Jumpstart and the existing
legacy interactive installer. What has been requested as a result of
those discussions is a "simple" do what the LiveCD does now but BEFORE
the reboot allow using the GUI package manager to fine tune the result
(usually add). For other more custom stuff the AI and Distro
Constructor are good answers.
Worth considering, and not mutually exclusive with other choices, either.
I'd like to see this option considered as it would allow the installer
to avoid duplicating the functionality packagemanager already provides
among the various other issues that the installer will have to solve (or
re-solve) if it decides to integrate this functionality directly.
Cheers,
--
Shawn Walker
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