* Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (2) [LARGE]
@ 2002-06-02 18:22 99% ` Jon Nelson
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From: Jon Nelson @ 2002-06-02 18:22 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev; +Cc: mksoft
On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 17:19:44 +0300
Meir Kriheli <mksoft@netvision.net.il> wrote:
> On Sunday 02 June 2002 17:16, David Chamberlain wrote:
> > I have no problem with the idea of an installer. The more tools the
> > better. On the other hand, a possible problem with Anaconda: I haven't
> > used it, but I assume it's x86 only? If so, we can't use it on ppc,
> > sparc etc. One of gentoo's greatest virtues is portability (look for
> > more ports appearing over the next few months), and I would encourage
> > anyone writing tools to bear this in mind. For a quick fix, anaconda
> > may be fine (we'll just live without the installer on ppc), but is
> > there any reason why, in the long term, the --buildpkg/--usepkg
> > features of portage couldn't be leveraged in place of the rpms? A
> > virtue of this is that portage itself could be tweaked to enhance the
> > installer if necessary, since it's our tool, not RedHat's.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > David
> >
>
> I intend to write one from scratch (using qt/e or fb/gtk+ as I need
> i18n). I think anaconda has too many redhat specific issues, and writing
> one from scratch would make a fun and interesting project.
Another possibility is the installer that was from the short-lived
Progeny distro - it was written in pygtk and was quite nice.
IIRC they made it available when they bailed on the distro scene.
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Jon Nelson <jnelson@jamponi.net>
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