future of ubuntu and installers

[John Hornbeck]

On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 14:11 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 22:36 -0500, John Hornbeck wrote:
> > Is there no way to hack the Progeny Anaconda installer to work with
> > Ubuntu?  Seems like not much would really need to be changed. Just a
> > thought.
> 
> Anaconda is an old codebase put through the wringer to support a
> different operating system. Lots of cruft and workarounds. On the other
> hand, our modified d-i is surprisingly simple (once you get the zen of
> it), and we have a primary developer on the team.
> 
> Also, we're down to less than ten questions. Anaconda for Progeny sits
> around twenty. Removing them would be challenging, particularly when you
> consider the codebase as described above. :-)
> 
> So it seems the quickest way to a maintainable graphical installer (and
> worthwhile contributions to Debian) is not Anaconda. :-)

I can't wait to see this d-i installer.  I have never read through
Anaconda code so I guess I didn't know any better.  Let everyone know
when we can start testing out this new stuff and submitting bugs to you
guys.
John