Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-12 Thread Fabian Groffen
On 12-02-2011 11:47:09 +, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote: > > Like http://agaffney.org/quickstart.php ? > > We mentioned quickstart on FOSDEM and getting boxes installed up to stage4 > so they have all the software one wants to get them into production. > > Fabian, > is your thread about t

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-12 Thread Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto
On Thu, 10 Feb 2011, Donnie Berkholz wrote: On 21:18 Wed 09 Feb , Fabian Groffen wrote: 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 instal

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-10 Thread Donnie Berkholz
On 21:18 Wed 09 Feb , Fabian Groffen wrote: > 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 o

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-10 Thread Antoni Grzymala
Konstantin Tokarev dixit (2011-02-10, 13:01): > > > 10.02.2011, 12:56, "Antoni Grzymala" : > > Fabian Groffen dixit (2011-02-10, 10:39): > > > >>  On 10-02-2011 07:54:16 +0100, Fabio Erculiani wrote: > >>>  The only way to avoid epic failures is to keep the whole thing simple, > >>>  without try

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-10 Thread Konstantin Tokarev
10.02.2011, 12:56, "Antoni Grzymala" : > Fabian Groffen dixit (2011-02-10, 10:39): > >>  On 10-02-2011 07:54:16 +0100, Fabio Erculiani wrote: >>>  The only way to avoid epic failures is to keep the whole thing simple, >>>  without trying to fit everybody. An installer that would cover a >>>  stan

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-10 Thread Antoni Grzymala
Fabian Groffen dixit (2011-02-10, 10:39): > On 10-02-2011 07:54:16 +0100, Fabio Erculiani wrote: > > The only way to avoid epic failures is to keep the whole thing simple, > > without trying to fit everybody. An installer that would cover a > > standard install, newbie-oriented scenario would be d

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-10 Thread Fabian Groffen
On 10-02-2011 07:54:16 +0100, Fabio Erculiani wrote: > The only way to avoid epic failures is to keep the whole thing simple, > without trying to fit everybody. An installer that would cover a > standard install, newbie-oriented scenario would be definitely good. > Experienced people won't use it a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-09 Thread Fabio Erculiani
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Joshua Saddler wrote: > On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:42:52 +0100 > "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." wrote: >> Can anaconda give the user a shell at any point of the >> installation? Is it possible to manually skip the automated steps? > > Last I checked, Anaconda was designed for bi

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-09 Thread Joshua Saddler
On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:42:52 +0100 "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." wrote: > Can anaconda give the user a shell at any point of the > installation? Is it possible to manually skip the automated steps? Last I checked, Anaconda was designed for binary installations, originally for RPM-based systems. Trying to s

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-09 Thread likewhoa
talk to igli on freenode as he's the author of a Gentoo based installer named Gen2, perhaps he will be interested in this project. You can checkout current sources at git@213.131.245.114:gent2.git. I hope this won't be another GLI failed project but i have faith it won't. On Wed, 2011-02-09 at 2

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-09 Thread Paweł Hajdan, Jr.
On 2/9/11 10:33 PM, Fabio Erculiani wrote: > What would be the main goals of this installer? > Could you elaborate a high level description of it? > As I said in the past, beside some annoying deps, anaconda already > works for Sabayon and working on a pure Gentoo module would be quite > easy. In c

Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Installer (text-based)

2011-02-09 Thread Fabio Erculiani
What would be the main goals of this installer? Could you elaborate a high level description of it? As I said in the past, beside some annoying deps, anaconda already works for Sabayon and working on a pure Gentoo module would be quite easy. In change you get one of the most reliable graphical inst