Suggestions

[Astrit Zhushi]

Colin Watson wrote:

>On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 01:30:15PM +0200, Astrit Zhushi wrote:
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>>- I have and HTT PIV processor and Ubuntu install -386 kernel ( no smp 
>>support ), wouldn't it be better if the installer detects this and 
>>installs the -686-smp kernel ?
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>We discussed that, and we decided that we would rather save the CD space
>for other things. Netboot installs automatically use optimised kernels
>as appropriate.
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I still think that, Its better to make some trade off between some other
package ( remove some package ) and kernel.

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>>- Before checking for DHCP wouldn't it be better to ask the user first 
>>if he/she wants to configure network manually or via DHCP, and not first 
>>check for DHCP and then ask the user for manual configuration.
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>Naïve users will have no idea what DHCP is. :-) I think it's better to
>attempt to pick a sane default first and then confirm it, which is
>exactly what automatically trying DHCP constitutes.
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>>- And also the installer does not ask you ( I am not sure about this 
>>please correct me ) for the time server you want to use or if I want to 
>>use NTP at all, this is because it takes some time to startup Ubuntu ( 
>>pour network connection, no network etc... )
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>It definitely shouldn't ask (again, imagine a new user, "what's a time
>server?"), but we should time out more quickly here.
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>Cheers,
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Would it be better to remove it on default install ?

Best regards,