Re: sysinst split project - The Configuration File

[Marc Balmer <marc%msys.ch@localhost>]

Am 15.12.2009 um 15:48 schrieb Silas Silva:

> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 02:16:44PM -0600, David Young wrote:
>> Coordinate with Lloyd Parkes and Masao Uebayashi.  IMO, system
>> installation is essentially the same as building system images (see
>> LLoyd's Miniaturize NetBSD GSoC 2009 project), but installation is
>> "on-line" while image-building is "off-line" (for lack of better
>> terms).  They both need a configuration file format.  They both need
>> to layout disks, add users/groups, add 3rd-party software, and install
>> configuration files in /etc/.
> 
> Thank you. Going to talk with them and see their project.
> 
> Besides them, Marc Balmer and Adam Hoka had started plans to rewrite
> sysinst, as we see by mbalmer e-mails on this thread :-)

Time to coordinate efforts a bit ;) (or we end up with five new installers....)

- mb