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FS#34507 - [Install Manager] New Inclussion Proposal

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Opened by Jorge Barroso (jorge_barroso) - Thursday, 28 March 2013, 13:59 GMT
Last edited by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Thursday, 28 March 2013, 17:05 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Hardware Issues
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
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I'd like to propose the inclussion of a new optional installation manager I've been working on, on future archArch Linux releases.

I haven't worked on it so much (just a few hours) but right now I think it would be enough to see something.
It is just a skel and is full of comments as a little presentation.

The idea is that it could be added to the images not as a compulsory installation manager. It would be better to add it as an optional manager for users who don't know so much what to do or want an easier installation.


The sources are so immature yet but this is what I've made by now, If I have your approval I will keep developing it until I have a real working manager
(application/x-gzip)    install-manager.tar.gz (2 KiB)
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Closed by  Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera)
Thursday, 28 March 2013, 17:05 GMT
Reason for closing:  None
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Thursday, 28 March 2013, 14:11 GMT
This won't even compile as is.

What is insufficient about the current install scripts?
Why did you choose C when you're unfamiliar with it (and it's ill suited for this sort of task)?

A huge no from me. No offense, but I can't see this going anywhere based on what you've posted.
Comment by Jelle van der Waa (jelly) - Thursday, 28 March 2013, 14:19 GMT
Also like to add that the cfdisk ui is capable of making partitioning easy. This is just reinventing the wheel
Comment by Jorge Barroso (jorge_barroso) - Thursday, 28 March 2013, 14:22 GMT
:) No offense, I'm not very familiar with C but I'm not a complete newbie, I told sources are so immature as I've been brainstorm working on it for a few hours to get a general skel of the beggining.
And, in fact, it uses install scripts, it just makes an automated use of them for users who want, for example, to install arch for first time.

If you want, on a couple of days I can post it improved and you could see that it looks better, as, as I said, this is for you to see that there's something and some ideas.
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Thursday, 28 March 2013, 14:34 GMT
There's a difference between "immature" and doing things like:

if (var == 'STRING')

> it just makes an automated use of them for users who want, for example, to install arch for first time.
This isn't what we want out of Arch users. Your first install should be something you meticulously do yourself.
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Thursday, 28 March 2013, 17:05 GMT
Please use forums for things like this. Thanks.

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