I think such a tool should /not/ be a port, since I expect it would include a package browser in it. I think it's something that could really help new users get used to FreeBSD without having to trawl through man pages right at the start.
-- Bruce Cran Sent from my iPad On 27 Dec 2011, at 05:05, Doug Barton <do...@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 12/26/2011 20:29, Xin LI wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Doug Barton <do...@freebsd.org> 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? >> >> Perhaps make it a port instead? I personally don't use sysinstall for >> post-install tasks at all, but it won't hurt to have such >> functionality. > > You're not the first person to suggest that, but I don't see how it's > actually responsive to the problem. This issue only affects HEAD, so a > port would not be generally useful. It would also be an enormous amount > of work to make it into a port. It would be much easier to revert the > necessary changes to bring back the old libdialog and sysinstall itself. > > > Doug > > -- > > [^L] > > Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. > Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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" _______________________________________________ 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"
