From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
To: "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Towards a graphical installer?
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 09:20:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pnb847y3.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200511162909.4shsuvtnbxfyvuv2@pelzflorian.localdomain> (pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de's message of "Mon, 11 May 2020 18:29:09 +0200")
Hello Florian,
> I suppose keyboard input method (IME) support is a reason why someone
> might wish to use an Xorg-based installer. Are there other reasons?
> What are the reasons for a real desktop environment; is the goal to
> offer a live image? Previously I would have thought a virtual console
> is more likely to work everywhere, but kmscon has the same
> requirements as Xorg and without kmscon we’d lose i18n.
I think switching to a DE based installer could:
* Allow the user to browse for some questions or contact #guix while in
the installation process.
* Bring better control of network connection, with a dedicated tool such
as NetworkManager applet.
* Make easier to add accessibility support to the installer.
Regarding i18n, the current mechanism would indeed be broken. However,
switching to setxkbmap or any GNOME API should not be too hard.
Thanks,
Mathieu
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-13 12:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-11 13:27 Towards a graphical installer? Mathieu Othacehe
2020-05-11 15:17 ` Jonathan Brielmaier
2020-05-11 16:01 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2020-05-13 7:11 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2020-05-11 16:29 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-05-12 2:58 ` raingloom
2020-05-12 3:49 ` John Soo
2020-05-13 7:20 ` Mathieu Othacehe [this message]
2020-05-13 9:28 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2020-05-24 20:17 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-05-11 19:50 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-05-11 20:03 ` Leo Famulari
2020-05-11 22:27 ` Christopher Lemmer Webber
2020-05-12 7:09 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-05-12 15:33 ` Christopher Lemmer Webber
2020-05-13 5:44 ` dftxbs3e
2020-05-13 7:56 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2020-05-12 6:10 ` dftxbs3e
2020-05-12 6:13 ` dftxbs3e
2020-05-12 20:53 ` hamzeh
2020-05-14 8:08 ` Christopher Baines
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