Re: OT: RH and Debian brothers now?

From: Pigeon (jah.pigeon_at_ukonline.co.uk)
Date: 09/30/03

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    On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 03:27:01PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
    > Pigeon wrote:
    > > On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 02:52:12AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
    > > > On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 08:26:32AM +1200, cr wrote:
    > > > > I appreciate that dselect is only part of the install process, albeit the
    > > > > largest part timewise if one uses it.
    > > >
    > > > You don't have to, though.
    > >
    > > Yeah, but what are the choices?
    > >
    > > Run tasksel (y/n)? (frequently too coarse)
    > > Run dselect (y/n)? (we all know about this one :-) )
    > > Do it by hand afterwards - somewhat inconvenient and daunting for a
    > > new user
    > >
    > > ...and as cr says, the risk of premature termination and the lack of a
    > > 'back' option are big minuses. Though I hate to say it, the lack of
    > > 'back' options to correct a damnwrongbutton is one area where Debian
    > > tends to lose to M$. We all kit the wrong key sometimes.
    >
    > It makes very little sense to crituque the old installer at this point.

    Sorry, it wasn't really intended that way. The first part was a
    disagreement with the value of avoiding running dselect - a point
    related to methods of using the current installer, rather than the
    installer itself. I admit that could have been clearer. The bit about
    'back' options was aimed at a wider target than just the installer -
    xf86config is an example that comes to mind: enter wrong option by
    mistake, say bad word, hit ctrl-c, start all over again.

    > if you had send me this critisizm five, or even three years ago, I would
    > have fixed it then. As it is, I fixed it this year.

    Nice one.

    > There's still a chance to crituque the new one of course. See the
    > docuemntation for the debian-installer project and do a test install.

    (looks at pile of partial computers) That sounds like an interesting idea. 

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