FreeBSD installers and future direction

[Alfred Perlstein]

On 5/27/13 2:23 PM, Bruce Cran wrote:
> On 27/05/2013 21:28, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>> On 5/27/13 11:40 AM, Bruce Cran wrote:
>>> Yes.
>> Is this a joke?
>
> It probably /was/ too short a reply. Personally I think there should 
> be a single UI and scripting interface across all platforms. We should 
> try and get pc-sysinstall running on all of them first in case there's 
> some problem that means it can't be done, in which case we'd need to 
> use a different backend.
>

There are just going to be certain platforms that make it EASY to do 
cool things.  We should embrace that!  That's why there are different 
platforms!

Some are great for low power, others are great for graphics, cpu power, 
gpu, networking etc.

If we always go for the lowest common denominator then we are crippling 
all the platforms for no one's benefit.  Even if something CAN be done, 
if it is very difficult, or just never happening, then we can't limit 
everyone's experience based on the more difficult and/or resource 
strapped platforms.

It's just not good business.

-Alfred