Why not re-impliment the installer in a more OS neautral way (plugins for different kernel/userland types) instead of porting it?
That way it will look and feel and act (hopefully) the same as it currently does, but now the code is future proof? On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Gunnar Wolf <gw...@gwolf.org> wrote: > Luca Favatella dijo [Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 11:57:22PM +0100]: > > (I don't know if I have to cc other Debian mailing lists) > > Probably debian-boot would be the one - I am adding a Cc: to this > mail, and quoting it fully. Debian-boot is [1] for «Developing the > installation system - Discussion and maintenance of the Debian > installation system» > > > I would like to partecipate as a student in Google Summer of Code 2009. > > > > I'm interested in working on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD. > > > > I propose the project "Porting debian-installer on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD". > > I'm not able to complete this task alone. > > I need someone splitting this task in smaller subtasks to complete. > > > > Do you think this project is a good idea? > > Is there someone wanting to mentor me? > > Please note I'm mostly a mildly-informed-newbie, both in FreeBSD and > in d-i topics. Still, I've played with both. Your goal is very > interesting and I can only hope for you to pursue and succeed in it - > And do it in a generic way, which would allow for easily adapting to > any other kernel. > > Still, from what I have seen, d-i uses throughout the system many > Linux-specific constructs (I'm mostly looking at udev), and many d-i > components assume Linux structures (i.e. setting up partitions with > LVM, using GRUB or LILO as the bootloader, the supported filesystems, > etc.) > > Still, if you are willing to dive deep into it... I know it will help > greatly our project's support for other OSs. I don't think it's > probable that -at least in early stages- you will get commit access to > the d-i repository, and you won't want to be stuck in an old version > (but that's easily fixable by many techniques). In any case, I cannot > mentor you, but if you want somebody cheering along, count me in :) > > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/ > > -- > Gunnar Wolf - gw...@gwolf.org - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 > PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 > Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bsd-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- "Opportunity is most often missed by people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Alva Edison Inventor of 1093 patents, including: The light bulb, phonogram and motion pictures.
