From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Darrington Subject: Re: Graphical Installer - Call for Testing. Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 19:52:46 +0100 Message-ID: <20170104185246.GB27536@jocasta.intra> References: <20170104075928.GA23509@jocasta.intra> <20170104155436.GA8805@khaalida> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="JP+T4n/bALQSJXh8" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53738) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cOqg8-0005dP-7i for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 13:52:53 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cOqg5-0005QA-5Y for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 13:52:52 -0500 Received: from de.cellform.com ([88.217.224.109]:55264 helo=jocasta.intra) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cOqg4-0005Pu-Sk for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Jan 2017 13:52:49 -0500 Received: from jocasta.intra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jocasta.intra (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-8+deb8u1) with ESMTP id v04IqkHE027707 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2017 19:52:46 +0100 Received: (from john@localhost) by jocasta.intra (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id v04Iqkc5027706 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 4 Jan 2017 19:52:46 +0100 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170104155436.GA8805@khaalida> 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" To: guix-devel@gnu.org --JP+T4n/bALQSJXh8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 07:54:36AM -0800, dian_cecht@zoho.com wrote: I just wanted to say I hope this isn't going to be the only install op= tion in the future.=20 That is not for me to say, but FWIW I agree. While I haven't tested this patch, I do want to say that I'd rather this be an optional/alternative install method while leaving people a = choice of using the old, tried-and-true shell.=20 Perhaps after you test it, you will be so impressed by it that you will res= olve never to use any other way of installing ever again? Even if that is not = the case, I'd still be interested to hear your opinions after you have tried it. I'd also like to state that I hope this installer will make sure the u= ser has plenty of options available at each stage of the process and won't mak= e the aforementioned mistake of assuming the end user's needs (unless there = is some technical reason that the distro simply can not do something, in which= case I'd hope the techinal limitation will be fixed instead of setting it in st= one by removing it entirely from the GUI installer). As with all systems, one has to strike a balance between flexibility and ea= se of use. I too hope that the right balance has been acheived, but I am sure t= hat improvements can be made. That is why I put out this call for testing. O= nce I have collected enough feedback from people who have tried it, I will deci= de=20 what changes need to be made. And needless to say, others are welcome to send patches and/or commit to the branch as appropriate. J' =20 --=20 Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encrypted email. PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3=20 fingerprint =3D 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key. --JP+T4n/bALQSJXh8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlhtRH4ACgkQimdxnC3oJ7OdYgCeInDPMBp+q8RNUBNd8p8OjkdE 6roAn2me7eMYuKUJRoQhjdx7xnAi1tGq =CPwC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --JP+T4n/bALQSJXh8--