Shawn Walker wrote: > Glynn Foster wrote: >> >> On 16/07/2009, at 11:49 AM, Shawn Walker wrote: >> >>> Jean McCormack wrote: >>>> There are several issues with respect to the addition of software >>>> selection >>>> in the installer that need to be addressed. >>> >>> My first comment is to agree with Glynn, that I think this would be >>> better handled as a first-boot task using Visual Panels or the >>> packagemanager GUI itself somehow. Not only will that help keep the >>> installer substantially simpler, but it would avoid some of the >>> complexities that you're going to run into by trying to deal with >>> this during install time. >>> >>> If you were producing a Live DVD that contained all of the software, >>> it might make more sense, but providing functionality for >>> network-based installs inside the installer seems like a needless >>> duplication of functionality already provided by packagemanager or >>> pkg(1). >> >> Just for the record, I was advocating adding some sort of package >> selection (or group package selection) in the installer originally. I >> think you make a good point though, that perhaps this may be a better >> inclusion for a first-boot task. I can still see the advantage of >> being able to selectively install part of a LiveCD, LiveDVD or LiveUSB >> (which could easily handle an entire repo) - those who may or may not >> want a desktop environment being a common choice I think. > > If this install is being performed using the LiveCD contents, then > offering selection of collections *before* installation isn't tenable if > you want to provide accurate size requirements -- especially for > network-based installs. It can certainly be done at the *end* of > installation though, once an installed image is available with far less > hassle. >
That doesn't seem right - by including the live CD group in the plan calculation you'd get a correct aggregate size. Dave
