* Re: Removing sysinstall from 10.x

[Devin Teske]

On Sep 27, 2011, at 10:47 PM, Randi Harper <randi at freebsd.org> wrote:

> The only reason I see this being a problem is for the handful of users
> that will continue to rely on it for their automated roll-outs.
> 
> -- randi

I'm envisioning 2-3 years from now, we'll either:

a) rewrite our installer to use the new automation (and if it can't do the job we'll patch it), or...

b) roll 10.x release into a split-tarball so sysinstall can lay it down (assuming that we're still using UFS1/2 as a filesystem for the OS (one of the shortcomings of sysinstall).

Either way, shouldn't be too much of a problem. I for one welcome our new bsdinstall and/or pc-sysinstall overlord.



> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Nathan Whitehorn
> <nwhitehorn at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> For the 9.x branch, we're keeping all 3 installers in the base system, but
>> I'd like to remove sysinstall from 10.x now that the releng/9 branch has
>> been made, along with its associated forest of crufty old dependencies
>> (libdisk, libftpio, etc.). Does anyone have strong reasons not to do this?
>> Otherwise I'll consign sysinstall to the attic on Friday 30 Sept.
>> -Nathan
>> _______________________________________________
>> freebsd-sysinstall at freebsd.org mailing list
>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sysinstall
>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to
>> "freebsd-sysinstall-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
>> 
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-sysinstall at freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sysinstall
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sysinstall-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"

_____________

The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
_____________