From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: myglc2 Subject: Re: GSoC ideas Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 16:32:45 -0400 Message-ID: <86k2kqxpqq.fsf@gmail.com> References: <20160206113802.GA17867@thebird.nl> <87mvre2eyz.fsf@gnu.org> <87wpqhu0t1.fsf@dustycloud.org> <20160207121637.581ca047@debian-netbook> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41011) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajYPj-0001l0-1s for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2016 16:32:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajYPe-0004jT-5C for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2016 16:32:58 -0400 Received: from mail-qg0-x232.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c04::232]:34042) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ajYPe-0004jP-1P for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2016 16:32:54 -0400 Received: by mail-qg0-x232.google.com with SMTP id c67so34380427qgc.1 for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2016 13:32:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160207121637.581ca047@debian-netbook> (Efraim Flashner's message of "Sun, 7 Feb 2016 12:16:37 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Efraim Flashner Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Efraim Flashner writes: [...] > > - ncurses installer -- my idea was Debian's installer can be considered ugly, > but it does have everything needed to install a system. Couldn't agree more. Don't know if you are still considering this idea, but reading your comment and a couple more recent GSoC GuixSD installer proposals prompted me to write some general thoughts about Guix installation which you might find interesting: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.guix.devel/18206 Best - George