On 08/31/09 02:56 PM, Glenn Brunette wrote: > > > On 8/31/09 4:51 PM, Sanjay Nadkarni wrote: >> On 08/31/09 11:58 AM, Peter Tribble wrote: >>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:41 AM, Glynn Foster<Glynn.Foster at sun.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey, >>>> >>>> Sue asked me to post some thoughts around a potential package list >>>> to the >>>> list, and start a discussion about what we could have on the >>>> interactive >>>> text install media. >>>> >>> >>> That's "on the media and available for selection" as opposed to >>> "installed by >>> default", right? >>> >>> (Because the answer to the first is likely to be "whatever will fit" >>> and the latter >>> is "SUNWCrnet".) >>> >>> >> The current approach for the text installer is somewhere in between. We >> don't plan on users being able to select during install, and the set of >> pkgs provided by default will server oriented. One could remove pkgs >> after installation either before reboot or after by using pkg uninstall. > > Are you saying that there are currently no plans to deliver a capability > that will allow for the equivalent of SUNWCrnet as part of the default > set of installation tools? Having a recognized and supported minimum is > significantly helpful in terms of establishing support boundaries and > in terms of providing specific, actionable guidance to customers. The focus of this thread is to come up with a list of pkgs that will be part of the text installer. These bits will be included with the media that delivers the text installer and will be different than what liveCD delivers since this is geared for servers.
One of the things that is being looked at (not by the Install team) is pkg refactoring. The SVR4 meta pkgs were way to "fat" to be useful for people interested in a minimum set. So is SUNWCrnet being considered ? No. Are we thinking about how to better provide the ability to create a minimum/limited set. Yes. But this is still work in progress. -Sanjay > > g
