Glynn Foster wrote:
On 16/07/2009, at 11:49 AM, Shawn Walker wrote:
Jean McCormack wrote:
There are several issues with respect to the addition of software
selection
in the installer that need to be addressed.
My first comment is to agree with Glynn, that I think this would be
better handled as a first-boot task using Visual Panels or the
packagemanager GUI itself somehow. Not only will that help keep the
installer substantially simpler, but it would avoid some of the
complexities that you're going to run into by trying to deal with this
during install time.
If you were producing a Live DVD that contained all of the software,
it might make more sense, but providing functionality for
network-based installs inside the installer seems like a needless
duplication of functionality already provided by packagemanager or
pkg(1).
Just for the record, I was advocating adding some sort of package
selection (or group package selection) in the installer originally. I
think you make a good point though, that perhaps this may be a better
inclusion for a first-boot task. I can still see the advantage of being
able to selectively install part of a LiveCD, LiveDVD or LiveUSB (which
could easily handle an entire repo) - those who may or may not want a
desktop environment being a common choice I think.
If this install is being performed using the LiveCD contents, then
offering selection of collections *before* installation isn't tenable if
you want to provide accurate size requirements -- especially for
network-based installs. It can certainly be done at the *end* of
installation though, once an installed image is available with far less
hassle.
Cheers,
--
Shawn Walker
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