On 15-Jan-08, at 10:19 PM, david.comay at sun.com wrote: >> What's the problem with having an installer option such as "advanced" >> somewhere in the user setup section that would allow a user to choose >> what the default environment will be >> >> What I'm getting at is a radio button which would set the defaults >> between GNU, Legacy and Standards-Compliant, the first of which would >> be what indiana ships with now ( /usr/gnu in the path ), the second >> would have /usr/bin at the head of the path, the third would have / >> usr/ >> xpg4 and so on at the head. Precise details are unimportant right >> now, >> but as a general idea, would something like this be acceptable ? > > Another option might be (specifically with respect to the "create the > default user" screen) to include an "More options" button on the > screen. When that's selected, a set of secondary options pop up > including perhaps the default shell selection, what sort of > envirorment > to choose, the specific UID, etc. But by default the screen would be > the streamlined one, the same or similar to what we see today except > for the addition of that single new button. > > dsc
+1 I can get behind that.
