On Dec 26, 2011, at 9:13 PM, Ron McDowell wrote: > Doug Barton wrote: >> The story so far ... >> >> sysinstall was removed from HEAD in October. I (and others) objected on >> the basis that at this time there is no replacement for the post-install >> configuration role that sysinstall played. More sysinstall components >> were then removed. Then the old version of libdialog (which sysinstall >> used) was removed. Thus at this point it's not possible to easily >> restore sysinstall. >> >> So my question is, how much do you care? Is lack of that functionality >> in HEAD something that we care about? > > We have around 90 web servers running 8.2p5 right now [and yes, I did update > the lot on Christmas Eve but that's a different story] and they will not be > upgraded to 9.0 until/unless the post-install functionality that was lost by > the removal of sysinstall is reintegrated in some way. I also complained > about it and was told in effect, "too bad." Everyone who commented said > sysinstall caused more problems than it solved, although I've been using it > for any system changes I needed that it was capable of doing for as long back > as I can remember, and my first FreeBSD box was v2.2. > > I think removing any functionality that was in a previous release without > providing an equal-or-better alternative is a bad idea, and that needs to be > considered more carefully in the future. > > So this is not just a +1 vote, it's a +90.
I hate to steal Devin's thunder, but… http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-rc/2010-October/002077.html It's been around for a while and does many of the things needed by the sysinstall 'post-install' replacement (minus having a registry of commands vs services to pick from to configure with a slightly more humanized interface *and it's written almost purely with shell logic and built-ins, plus is widely tested and adopted in other BSD distros!*. Most of the other stuff is trivial (configuring an interface, a package installer/configuration tool, etc), and if someone actually said "hey -- I'll help you get it done!" then yes I'd do it, maintain it, and cherish it. Offer is on the table for a committer who really wants this task done. Thanks, -Garrett_______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
