Peter Tribble wrote: > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Susan Sohn<Susan.Sohn at sun.com> wrote: > >> I have posted the requirements and scope for the Text Installer at: >> >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/TextInstallerProject/Text_Install_Reqts_Scope >> >> Please review and provide feedback by Wednesday, July 8 at 5pm Pacific. >> > > >From the top: > > Why physical media? Why not network boot? It shouldn't really matter how the > system boots. > Physical media is the target for the initial phase, as the first phase is based off the work done by the CO School of Mines team, which runs from media. Note that future phases include the potential for booting from network (See "Scope: Subsequent phases"). Or are you bringing up a concern that our UIs are perhaps too tightly coupled to installation media? > Media contains pkgs - does this mean packages, or is this a LiveCD-style copy > the image? > LiveCD style. Though open to both customization of additional software, and IPS-based installs, as mentioned by items under "Subsequent phases" > Screens: there are some things missing > - Escape to shell > - Escape to shell, while not implicitly mentioned, is implied. Perhaps it should be spelled out explicitly. > - Disk mirroring and zfs property customization > This is counter to our goal of providing an experience reasonably similar to the GUI install. I recall previous discussions that may have touched on this, but can't remember a decision that this was a required feature for the text install specifically. > - Package selection > See item under "subsequent phases" > - Nameservice configuration > This was implied under Static IP Configuration, but should be spelled out more explicitly. > The use of "screens" is slightly worrying, as it makes me think of the > extremely clumsy interaction model of the current Solaris installer; I'm > hoping this really means a more streamlined and fluid user experience. > > In fact, it's not clear why any of the items deferred to subsequent phases > should be. > The target audience for the text installer is primarily (a) users with SPARC systems desiring in interactive install experience, and (b) users installing onto x86 machines that don't meet the higher system requirements needed to run the GUI installer.
I think the underlying concern here is that "Subsequent phases" isn't well defined. Correct me if I misinterpret this, Sue, but I see "Initial Phase" as items that we will complete first, and "Subsequent phases" items as ones will complete immediately afterward, to be included in the next major 2010.02 (though items in that subheading are in some cases dependent on other changes, and any of them could, in theory, be cut if time does not allow for completion). Items marked as "Out of scope" are not targeted for initial completion. That said, there's certainly room for discussion over whether certain items are classified correctly. Thanks, Keith
