This is a post-FOSDEM call for people with interest for a Gentoo text-based installer.
If you are a developer, or Gentoo user, and feel like spending some time on (possibly) creating a text-based installer for Gentoo in cooperation with others, please contact me (off-list). During FOSDEM, I've been asked by a developer to share efforts on a text-based installer for Linux distributions. There is a fair share of work already done, but for the Gentoo case, certain pieces will be missing. I am looking for someone to take the lead in using the existing efforts to craft a scenario for the installer that performs the Gentoo Linux installation e.g. from the livecd. I do not wish to start a discussion on wether or not an installer makes sense. I do not wish to replace the installation handbook at all either. It has been brought to my attention that an installer (that also can be pre-configured with the right options) is useful for certain scenarios, and I would like to give it a shot to see how easy such thing could be provided. The installer in mind here, would also possibly work for Gentoo Prefix bootstraps, for which we would use a bootstrap cd. -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo on a different level
