+ 1 for the visual panel idea. I still think however that by default Solaris and OpenSolaris should present it's own "personality" rather than putting "linuxiness" before quality
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Shawn Walker <swal...@opensolaris.org>wrote: > przemol...@poczta.fm wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:57:07PM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: >> >>> Jan Friedel wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 05:04:26PM -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote: >>>> >>>>> AFAICT, Indiana by default comes with a PATH that has /usr/gnu/bin in >>>>>> front of the rest.... >>>>>> >>>>> That is the default environment for the new user created by the OS >>>>> installer. >>>>> As always, users are free to change their $PATH to any set of tools >>>>> they like, >>>>> and shell scripts are encouraged to declare the paths to the tools they >>>>> need >>>>> so they are not broken by users with different $PATH settings. >>>>> >>>> I'm just curious, why this cannot be an installation option? >>>> Sth. like ability to set netservices(1M) during the S10 >>>> installation. >>>> >>> If you read past discussions on the installer, you'll see that one of >>> the goals was to keep the install process as simple as possible. >>> Configuration options like this belong in the firstboot configuration >>> setup, or in visual panels where they don't add to the complexity of the >>> installer. >>> >> >> But one of the (hidden ?) goals of OpenSolaris is to attract linux users. >> So one additional screen during installation which asks about your habits >> (PATH, etc.) >> shoudn't make it really more complicated. >> > > The point is that they don't *need* or have to be in the installer. They're > just as beneficial and useful at firstboot, in a Visual Panel, or somewhere > else. There is no overwhelmingly great reason to force them to be part of > the install process. Installation should be about installation and the > minimum amount of configuration to get the system going. Anything beyond > that is a pollution of the process IMO. > > Cheers, > -- > Shawn Walker > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org >
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