installer

[Michal Moskal]

On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 10:09:09PM +0100, Paweł Kołodziej wrote:
> Dnia Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 11:32:40AM +0100, Michal Moskal napisał(a):
> I am lost in admiration...
> 

thank you ;)

> [...]
> > Using shell also means that I didn't use most of CVS installer module.
> > Sorry. 
> 
> That's ok. "Old installer" has been using "newt" and I think it's why it
> couldn't have been developed fast.

i think, you're half right. newt is one reason, and second is extreme user friendless
of redhat installer. it is hard to write such thing.

> 
> > With one exception: wuch.
> 
> :)) I think that writing new user interface to wuch could be a good thing.
> Current one (written by yossa) uses newt and I just can't
> develope it (personally, I think newt should be banned).
> Any volunteers ? In fact since in wuch's user interface is almost completly
> separated from "main code" it should be quite easy.
> 

i thought about it.... maybe

> > There is also one very important thing about dml: it has some
> > kind of NLS. It's not GNU gettext however. 
> 
> Why haven't you used GNU gettext ?

shell suuport and size.

> 
> > What can it do? 
> [...]
> >  - it should be able to configure kernel modules. i'm going to fetch
> >    this from prowizorka, I should commit this on Janruary 3rd.
> 
> prowizorka does nothing about kernel modules. You shloud rather look at
> script 'insmod' from bootdisk module (in cvs).
> 
ok, alredy done

> > Some configuration is not written, like configured network interface,
> > used language or keyboard. I'm still not sure if it's good idea to
> > save this...
> 
> I think it could be useful when somebody is installing PLD on several
> identical boxes
also done

> 
> > And one more: I put it into CVS module `prowizorka2'. I'm not sure
> > if it's right name though...
> 
> I think some other name could be better, since current version of
> prowizorka is 4.8 ...
> Maybe "Automateusz" ? (it's frined of Wuch in Lem's book "Bajki robotów")?

sure!
asl like Lem

> 
> PS. Wouldn't pld-installer list be better for future discussion ?
> 
maybe ;)

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                             Michał Moskal <malekith w pld.org.pl>

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