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From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-installer@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-installer] Some clarifications and a plea
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 22:43:09
Message-Id: 200402032342.43354.pauldv@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-installer] Some clarifications and a plea by Eric Sammer
1 On Tuesday 03 February 2004 23:24, Eric Sammer wrote:
2 > I promise you'll be able to...
3 >
4 > - define your own custom steps
5 > - use your own special commands in custom steps and default steps
6 > - write your own special arch templates (see previous item)
7 > - write profiles by hand without using any user interface other than vi
8 > (emacs won't be compatible, mind you)
9 > - load and save profiles for later use
10 > - run commands atomically OR after each step
11 > - do whatever voodoo you want to do by hand between steps
12 >
13 > As much as I hate to say it (again), this is all covered in the docs
14 > that were written, as well as the two diagrams. So, that URL again is:
15 > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/installer/
16
17 I think it satisfies my concerns. Maybe the words backend and frontend could
18 be avoided. That these would be just components was not clear from the
19 document when I read it. The class diagrams provide a "crude" model that does
20 not define how things are implemented.
21
22 Paul
23
24 --
25 Paul de Vrieze
26 Gentoo Developer
27 Mail: pauldv@g.o
28 Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net

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Re: [gentoo-installer] Some clarifications and a plea Eric Sammer <esammer@g.o>