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List:       freebsd-advocacy
Subject:    Re: why BSDs got no love
From:       Sdävtaker <sdavtaker () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-12-28 18:26:38
Message-ID: c37d69f60912281026k6c695027jc85f3a8339545ca2 () mail ! gmail ! com
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it will be nice make sysinstall use the port tree, since a lot of
applications in the dvd use to fail the install because dependencies that
can be resolved in the ports (as portinstall/portmaster does whena package
dependency is not fulfilled).


On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 14:59, Petrus <petrus4@tpg.com.au> wrote:

> There is absolutely no reason to change the default FreeBSD installer in my
>> opinion, when the PC-BSD one will suffice for the 'snazzy' desktop
>> installs.
>>
>
> I won't say that sysinstall couldn't benefit from at least *some*
> renovation. ;)
>
> The interface is fine, sure, but what I'm primarily talking about is the
> download mechanism.  Apparently when certain files get downloaded with it,
> they actually get copied in-place during the transfer process, which means
> that if you abort it, you can end up with partially digested conf files (my
> /etc/passwd got hosed once) all over the place.
>
> What I'd propose would be caching whatever files the system needs to
> download until everything is cached locally, and then installing the lot
> after that, rather than doing both downloading and installing/copying in the
> same step.  That way you can safely abort during the process if you need to.
> A scenario where individual files that are to be rewritten, get temporarily
> backed up until the setup is complete would probably also really help.
>
> So as said, the interface is fine, but I think the internal mechanism could
> definitely benefit from being made a bit more robust.
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