Dave Miner wrote:
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,
The giant graphic during install that says additional software is
available through packagemanager after install isn't enough? (I'm
smiling here :))
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.
With that said, I have to wonder why Ubuntu and similar OS distributions
that have a similar that don't offer the installation of additional
software during install don't have this issue?
I suspect this is a perception issue primarily for Solaris users
transitioning to OpenSolaris, who are used to downloading this gigantic
multi-gigabyte image or using a DVD to install the entire 'wad-of-stuff'.
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.
As someone else mentioned, there's no reason you couldn't just have the
packagemanager run (packagemanager -R /mountpoint) at the end of the
install process. That would avoid the two-step part you're talking
about. Plus, as I already mentioned, I wonder why this isn't such a big
issue for other distributions.
Cheers,
--
Shawn Walker
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