Jean McCormack wrote: > Jens Deppe wrote: >> Hi Jean, >> >> One comment inline... >> >> On 05/21/09 14:19, Jean McCormack wrote: >>> Progress Reporting: >>> >>> The output to the console to reflect the progress of the auto-install >>> should be of the format: >>> >>> (pseudo progress bar) High level description of current functionality >>> >>> Example (general idea, wording is not exact) : >>> >>> (.....................) Discovering available services >>> (..... ) Choosing service >>> >>> The .'s indicate percentage completion. This means we have a >>> dependency upon IPS to supply size information for the packages. >>> A return is only implemented when the install moves from one major >>> block of functionality to the next. Otherwise, the text is >>> overwritten with updates to the dots to indicate progress. >>> >>> The use of virtual console was considered as a possibility if a more >>> detailed progress >>> is required. Preliminary investigation indicates that this currently >>> is not in our microroot and would >>> be too large to include there. >> Please consider enabling the log file to be retrieved/accessed >> remotely. Simply exposing it via an http service would be a *big* >> help. Especially when installing systems remotely. > Does this meet your needs? > > The log file will also be written to the AI server at > /var/ai/client_logs/ip_address/install_log. >
I'd be thinking about this being configurable, and putting it outside of a BE-enclosed path so as not to exacerbate our existing space-management issues in /var. Dave
