On 17.06.2009 Jeremy Katz wrote: > The problem is this "help on mouse action" is going to be some > anaconda-specific construct and people don't use anaconda often enough > that a new UI concept is going to stick with them. It's really odd to me, why GUI for storage/partitioning is viewed as an anaconda specific problem. Adding a disk to a computer is very common task and the current GUI support is scattered and almost non-existent: * system-config-lvm -- only handles LVM. * gparted/qtparted -- no LVM support in the shipped parted. * RAID? * Encrypted partitions? So the problem is really having a GUI for storage management which can be used as part of anaconda during install: * A set of python classes to abstract storage concepts (maybe a lot of this work was already done in the latest anaconda storage rewrite -- it should be re-factored out). * A set of python GUI classes to wrap this logic. * A system-config-storage to bundle it all together for day to day use. * Than anaconda would either run system-config-storage, or import some of the classes. (similar to system-config-authentication). So a lot of the code (though not all) would be used daily by junior admins: * It would make them happy. * A large part of the code base would be tested routinely in diverse use cases. * During install, this part of the GUI would be familiar. * After install, admins can have the same user experience as they had during install (less surprises are good). -- Oron Peled Voice: +972-4-8228492 oron@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.actcom.co.il/~oron May the Source be with you! _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
