Re: [gentoo-dev] GUI installer

["Derek J. Belrose" <derek@omegabyte.com>]

Well the X install is in the future it seems.  I think gentoo would 
benefit from a cli install/package manager more than it currently has.

I think we should sit down and chart out exactly how we want this to 
actually work.  I like Jeff's idea about the stages of install being 
done seperately...the basic installation, then portage sync then package 
selection.

I think that's a good starting ground for design conversations.  A 
couple of ideas that I have put forth...

It should work over serial line consoles as well as local displays.
It should be really easy for a beginner, yet possible for the most 
advanced user to take control at any point.


Cliff Free wrote:

>Well it now sounds like we're getting into the design issues, so I say
>we get something formal started and save the flame-wars for when we're
>making design decisions.  I like the ideas put-forth so far, and it
>seems we have several interested people, so my question is: What's the
>next step?
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