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I think a GUI installer would be great if done correctly. The |
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interface, obviously, should be easy to use, but in the spirit of |
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Gentoo, shouldn't limit the user with what he can do. On a side note, I |
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also think it would be cool to have the ability to detect the processor |
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type(s) and include some optimization flags for the detected |
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processor(s) (I also feel this feature should be able to be toggled so |
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hard-core power-users would still have the option to fine-tune to their |
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heart's content, and that by default the feature would be OFF. Maybee |
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the detection system would only augment CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS in |
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make.conf. and/or make.conf settings would override what's detected.) |
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Just my 2 cents worth. Doing this correctly could prove to be a |
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daunting task. |
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On Sun, 2003-04-13 at 01:38, Derek J. Belrose wrote: |
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> Is the Mandrake install system based on RedHat's anaconda? If it is, |
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> it's nicely written python...but you'll have to seriously hack it to get |
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> rid of the neat little rpm stuff :) |
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> I'd be willing to help out a bit on this too...gotta get it going for |
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> Gentoo-Sparc :) |
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> Derek |
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> Justin Whitney wrote: |
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> >I think some or all of Mandrake's install system is under GPL as well, |
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> >so you might want to check that out. |
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> >--Justin |
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> >On Fri, 2003-04-11 at 19:04, Jeff Rose wrote: |
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> >>Hello, |
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> >> I'm pretty new to gentoo, but I am an instant convert. Just a |
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> >>few months of emerge bliss and now I'm an avid supporter. Anyway, I'm |
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> >>thinking about starting a summer project and I'm pondering the idea of a |
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> >>gui installer. I've been looking around a bit and it doesn't look like |
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> >>anyone is working on one. Is that true? If there isn't already a project |
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> >>then I think I'll give it a whirl. I know, I know, gentoo is so great |
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> >>because it allows you to customize and tweak the hell out of everything. |
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> >>That is completely true. So, an installer would have to allow just as |
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> >>much but it could take care of the mundane details for those who aren't |
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> >>interested or knowledgable enough. |
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> >> I haven't been around to see what people discuss in terms of the |
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> >>installer so I'm sorry if this is all stuff that you have gone over |
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> >>hundreds of times. Even more minimal than a gui installer, have you |
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> >>thought about adding more scripts to do the standard directory setup, |
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> >>download, chroot... type of stuff? |
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> >> What do you think? |
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> >>-Jeff |
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