From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15139 invoked by uid 1002); 13 Apr 2003 06:48:38 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 21111 invoked from network); 13 Apr 2003 06:48:38 -0000 From: Cliff Free Reply-To: brd@alumni.clemson.edu To: "Derek J. Belrose" Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <3E98F7C1.9020809@omegabyte.com> References: <1050210300.11741.1.camel@osiris.ripple.be> <3E98F7C1.9020809@omegabyte.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1050216613.23405.10.camel@Jester.poody.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.3- Date: 13 Apr 2003 02:50:13 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GUI installer X-Archives-Salt: 72746445-eaec-456b-9864-2c395bdab778 X-Archives-Hash: 10c55aefcf39f96ae20a41944bab97e5 I think a GUI installer would be great if done correctly. The interface, obviously, should be easy to use, but in the spirit of Gentoo, shouldn't limit the user with what he can do. On a side note, I also think it would be cool to have the ability to detect the processor type(s) and include some optimization flags for the detected processor(s) (I also feel this feature should be able to be toggled so hard-core power-users would still have the option to fine-tune to their heart's content, and that by default the feature would be OFF. Maybee the detection system would only augment CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS in make.conf. and/or make.conf settings would override what's detected.) Just my 2 cents worth. Doing this correctly could prove to be a daunting task. On Sun, 2003-04-13 at 01:38, Derek J. Belrose wrote: > Is the Mandrake install system based on RedHat's anaconda? If it is, > it's nicely written python...but you'll have to seriously hack it to get > rid of the neat little rpm stuff :) > > I'd be willing to help out a bit on this too...gotta get it going for > Gentoo-Sparc :) > > Derek > > Justin Whitney wrote: > > >I think some or all of Mandrake's install system is under GPL as well, > >so you might want to check that out. > > > >--Justin > > > >On Fri, 2003-04-11 at 19:04, Jeff Rose wrote: > > > > > >>Hello, > >> I'm pretty new to gentoo, but I am an instant convert. Just a > >>few months of emerge bliss and now I'm an avid supporter. Anyway, I'm > >>thinking about starting a summer project and I'm pondering the idea of a > >>gui installer. I've been looking around a bit and it doesn't look like > >>anyone is working on one. Is that true? If there isn't already a project > >>then I think I'll give it a whirl. I know, I know, gentoo is so great > >>because it allows you to customize and tweak the hell out of everything. > >>That is completely true. So, an installer would have to allow just as > >>much but it could take care of the mundane details for those who aren't > >>interested or knowledgable enough. > >> I haven't been around to see what people discuss in terms of the > >>installer so I'm sorry if this is all stuff that you have gone over > >>hundreds of times. Even more minimal than a gui installer, have you > >>thought about adding more scripts to do the standard directory setup, > >>download, chroot... type of stuff? > >> What do you think? > >> > >>-Jeff > >> > >> > >>-- > >>gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >-- > >gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > > > > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list -- Cliff Free -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list