Dieter Plaetinck wrote:
Thought I would give you guys a little update...
Several things have been changed/refactored/re-thought out again
eg
- phases are now just arrays listing the workers, not functions, it's
easier to override and it's cleaner.
- exit codes of all phases/workers are tracked automagically which can
be useful for reporting at the end, simplifying flow control etc.
- functions for logging and debugging added (long overdue ;-)
- ...
My TODO file has had a makeover and now contains the roadmap of where
I want to go with this. (See
http://github.com/Dieterbe/fifa/tree/master/TODO )
Basically:
- pre-alpha: (now): a few showstoppers remaining, but we're pretty
close to having a workable version of both an ftp-based and
cdrom-based installation.
- alpha: when ftp-based and cdrom-based installations "work" I would
like to get more input from other developers/community so I/we can fix
more bugs, refactor, iron everything out,... basically make everything
better.
For this I would like to setup a bugtracker (or get a category on
some already existing bugtracker would be nice too *cough* ;-) ).
It's in this phase that still a lot of refactoring and cleaning can be
done.
- beta: get fifa on the (beta) installcd as an experimental,
alternative installer. -> more input from more people -> improve even
more
- "release" -> someday, fifa might become so good it could become the
primary installer...
Obviously you guys are more familiar with the whole process of
developing for Arch. This is just my limited view on it so I would be
glad to hear your input.
Code, readme,howto,... @ http://github.com/Dieterbe/fifa
Dieter
Okay, the /arch/setup is now ported to the new framework and most of the
big refactoring is done.
I got rid of the showstoppers too. I've been trying different
combinations in virtualbox (cdrom / ftp install, automatic partitioning
/ manual partitioning/mounting, 'crazy' fs'es like xfs, jfs etc...) and
it all seems to work. (eg the installer produces an arch installation
that boots and works in all tested procedures)
There are obviously bugs remaining (There is especially one bigger bug
that causes /home not be on a separate filesystem during the
auto-partitioning, I'm still trying to fix that one) but then again,
during the porting there are also a few bugs in the original code that
got fixed/improved, and some things made more useful.
According to my previously explained master plan, this means we're now
in the alpha phase and it would be cool if I could get input from
developers and some power users both on the code/design level as on the
functional level.
Can you guys maybe give your opinion on my plan and give me some
support? I can still work on this but I need input.
If you want to try it, fire up virtualbox, load the official installer
cd and follow this simple howto:
http://github.com/Dieterbe/fifa/tree/master/HOWTO
You can start the port of /arch/setup by typing: "/arch/fifa.sh interactive"
In /home/arch/fifa/runtime there are some interesting files, most
notably fifa.log which contains all log messages and
debug messages if you've exported DEBUG=1 before starting fifa.
Thanks,
Dieter
