On 1/8/06, Abhay Kedia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 08 January 2006 06:36, Trenton Adams wrote: > > > > Here we go again, who says that you have to limit it to a menu? Give > > a menu, but allow a graphical shell during install for those that want > > to do extra packages, or whatever. Or, even provide a dynamically > > extendable menu that can grab packages lists from other places, from > > another CD, floppy, Internet, etc. So, to not provide a menu would be > > *limiting* as well. But I do agree with you Holly, that providing > > *only* a *predefined* graphical menu for package installation would be > > limiting. > > > Menu of what? How will a Gentoo developer know what you want to install? If > you are starting from Stage 3, you just need to choose what to install and > thats it. How will a menu help you in that? As far as graphics based Gentoo > install is concerned. I don't think that it is even anywhere near Gentoo > Dev's priorities right now.
Really? Then why have they already created one? Hmm. > > > > > Wouldn't it be beneficial to provide automated graphical installs for > > gentoo, but provide the option to open a graphical shell at *all* > > stages of the installation process? Wouldn't that be ultimate > > flexibility? I read about the new graphical install for gentoo, and > > perhaps it already does this!?!? > > > Yes having a graphical install process would be great. Why don't you volunteer > and try to write one for us? :) Yeah, I would love to find the time to do that. At this moment though I don't have the time, as my wife would be upset with me doing extra work when I come home from work after doing the extra work that I do after coming home from work. LOL. But I certainly will when I get the time. > > Regards, > Abhay > > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
