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[Nick Jennings <nkj AT namodn.com>]

Nice work Ryan! 

 I'll change the CVS repository from install/ to cauldron/


On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 09:40:35PM -0500, Ryan Abrams wrote:
> Ok.. so i started working on cauldron tonight. What I whipped up is in 
> cvs in the installer branch. You can have a look.
> 
> Basically, what I have laid out is the following structure:
> 
> cauldron
> cauldron.scripts
>    -Advanced Install
>    -Beginner Install
>    -Recovery Prompt
> cauldron.modules
>    -Various Actions
> 
> Essentially, Cauldron looks in the scripts dir, determines what files 
> are there, and lists them. The user picks a "script" which cauldron 
> then includes in itself. This script calls various modules in various 
> orders.. Modules can thus be shared between scripts and stuff.
> 
> There are a few other framework things to put in place before people 
> start hacking on it though.. the first is an abstracted rendering api. 
> Basically, instead of direct writing, call a function. That way we can 
> easily switch to whatever look we want later. I will work on this this 
> weekend.
> 
> The second thing is really an extension of the first.. and that is a 
> decent looking text mode install process. I am going to get away from 
> dialog. The process is being broken in to independant pieces, so moving 
> backwards and forwards is gonna be pretty difficult. This could be 
> changed later, but for now, i have a few ideas on a nice custom look. I 
> will play this weekend on this as well.
> 
> I hope to have a /basic/ working Advanced Install script up and going 
> in a week or two tops. Then I will start on the basic version, while 
> others make the advanced one more advanced, etc...
> 
> If you have /anything/ to do with the 1.0 install process (basesystem, 
> iso building, kernel spells, etc), and have any work that I dont have, 
> send it to me now. I am going to work on assembling a very pre-alpha 
> 1.0 install iso, so we can test the installer in real installs as we 
> develop it. I would like to make sure the installer works with the kind 
> of thing we will be installing in 1.0
> 
> Anyway.. its a start. :)
> 
> -Ryan
> 
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