> On Dec 17, 2015, at 12:38 PM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU <jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org> > wrote: > > Perhaps implementing some of the code from the older installer (FD1.1)?That > allowed you to select your packages on install.We could take some of the code > from that and use it for our modern ADVANCED mode.
Detailed package selection would not be difficult to create from scratch. I just don’t know if I want to spend any time on a separate utility that 99.9% of the people who install FreeDOS would never use or see. On top of that, I know from what Jim has said, he has no desire for that feature. > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. <jer...@shidel.net> > wrote: > Hello Jim, > > Mostly, I don’t think it is too complex. > > It really only has one mode of operation. Fresh install. > > However, it will make a backup and preserve package data when a user > happens to be upgrading. > > If no language setting was found, the first screen prompts for the language. > > Next is the Welcome to the Installer screen. > > (Clean system, Asks to partition and to format) > > (Pre-existing OS askes to make a backup) > > Install Base/All w/without sources. > > The the install now prompt. > > (installs OS) > > Asks to reboot or exit. > > All of the other prompting and questions are only shown in advanced mode. > They just provide an opportunity for the user to override default actions and > assumptions that the installer > > Is there anything in particular that has you concerned? > > Just an FYI, I am really leaning towards not providing detailed package > selection > in advanced mode. I have though of several ways to implement it. But, > I don’t really like any of the ones I have come up with that don’t require > a separate utility that does it. I am not going to create a tool just for > that. > So, DPS probably won’t be included in the standard installer. > > Other than DPS, determining what packages are in BASE and ALL, and adding > languages, the installer is done. > > > > On Dec 17, 2015, at 11:32 AM, Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote: > > > > I worry that the new FreeDOS installer is becoming too complex, trying to > > do all things for every use case and every user. > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. <jer...@shidel.net> > > wrote: > > Tying to decide what to do about a specific upgrade situation regarding > > package files. > > > > At present: > > > > DOSDIR is backed up. > > > > All packages that are going to be installed are removed before > > installation. > > > > Package data files are backed up. > > > > The the DOSDIR is purged. > > > > Package data files are restored. > > > > New packages are installed. > > > > Issue: > > > > Packages that have files in the DOSDIR, will lose those files. > > > > Solution 1: (Present behavior) > > > > Let the user worry about it, and let them do a remove/install of > > those packages later. > > > > Solution 2: > > > > Also, uninstall any packages that have any files that reside in the > > DOSDIR. > > > > Solution 3: > > > > Restore the missing files from the backup. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-devel mailing list > > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
