Hi, The Fedora Workstation team has been considering some changes we'd like to see in Anaconda to make installation as simple as possible and reduce redundancy with GNOME Initial Setup. These changes are proposed for the Workstation installer only and not other products' installers, so we assume that Anaconda will allow this level of per-product configurability. Changes would be targeted for F24, not F23, since we're aware that the Anaconda team is busy on RHEL work right now. 1) Remove the network configuration spoke. In the live installer, this spoke allows setting only the system hostname, but it follows different rules for setting the hostname than GNOME and systemd (which has the concept of a user-facing "pretty hostname" that allows special characters and spaces). We'd prefer to implement this in Initial Setup instead, where we can pick a default based on the user's name (e.g. Michael's Computer). 2) Remove the user account creation spoke. This is redundant with Initial Setup. 3) Remove the root password configuration spoke. It's very confusing how this is different from the user's admin account password. Initial Setup ensures the first user is an administrator (is placed in the wheel group). Advanced users can set a root password after installation if desired. 4) With root password and user account creation removed, the installation progress panel will require a redesign. We haven't thought much about this. One possibility would be to move the progress bar to the center of the screen. 5) Optional: We've also discussed removing the hub and spokes and having one panel flow directly into the next. Many of us feel that removing the need to choose which spoke to visit next would make the installer easier to use and perhaps less intimidating, but we do not have consensus on this point. It isn't related to the goal of reducing redundancy between Anaconda and GNOME Initial Setup. This mailing list might not be the greatest place for a discussion of these changes, since the other Workstation folks are not here. Paul Frields will work with David Cantrell to arrange a meeting. Thanks, Michael _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
