On Jan 16, 2008 1:25 PM, Dave Miner <Dave.Miner at sun.com> wrote: > 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. > > > > I am not in favor of such a path in the installer. We have a tool for > doing user management already, and re-creating it in the installer is > unnecessary, since each of the settings can be easily changed after > installation. The purpose of installation is to create a system that > works and can be customized once working. > > Besides which, you already have the equivalent path available, though > you don't perhaps realize it. Just run the user management tool from > the CD before running the installer, use all the options it provides to > create whatever user account you want, and it'll be copied into the > installed system. We haven't committed to this behavior yet since we're > still experimenting with the installation implementation choices, but > I'd be much more likely to agree to do that than to create an > all-encompassing user manager inside the installer. >
This is my belief as well. I think that users will need to switch between multiple environments (GNU, XPG4, XPG6, Solaris) and a tool that is available post-installation would be a better way to accomplish this without needlessly complicating the installer. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben
