Re: [ros-dev] New Setup system

[Kai Moonbourn]

7zip gives me a lot of problems when I want to extract archives of any
appreciable size; it's impossible to extract a single file(with any client
I've tested) without parsing through the entire archive, which can immensely
increase the amount of time to access even a trivially small file.

On 1/28/06, Jerry <crashfourit(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>  I could add diferent compression formats, like tgz, zip, bz2 to the
>  installer.
>
>  Andrew Scott wrote:
>
> >   7-zip can be painfully slow to unpack on old
> > computers.
> >
> >  Jerry wrote:
> >
> > >   I'm thinking on working on a new setup system
> > > (just the installing
> > >  files part).
> > >
> > >  Here are some of the details I'm thinking of (in no particular order):
> > >
> > >  1) 7-zip compression. 7-zip provides good compression ratios.
> > >  2)  xml based package information. This could include registry
> > >  information needed by the application.
> > >  3) Third parties will be able to use it.
> > >  4) ability to download packages off of a network. ( (S)FTP HTTP or
> > >  Samba )
> > >  5) self installing packages.
> > >  6) auto compile from source and install.
> > >  7) dependencies.
> > >  8) auto update from the net (not sure about this one).
> > >
> > >  If you have any other ideas please add them.
> > >
> > >  If anybody is interested in it, please tell me, and I'll plan to
> > >  start working on it one to two weeks from now.
> > >
> > >
> > >  David Hinz wrote:
> > >
> > > >  
> > > >  Alex Ionescu schrieb:
> > > >
> > > > > Sounds a lot like the new Vista AIK and the XIMAGE system Microsoft
> > > > > is working on. Not saying that's a bad thing, on the contrary, but
> > > > > why re-invent the wheel? We could just use their tools.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  And exactly that is what it's not. I've been looking a lot at the
> > > >  new Vista deployment tools and ximage in the last two weeks, and the
> > > >  difference is, that MS creates a file based image of the whole
> > > >  system partition, copies it onto the harddisk and starts the setup,
> > > >  and what I described is a bit more like the debian installer,
> > > >  everything is in packages, that depend on other packages (or not)
> > > >  and each of them has it's own configuration.
> > > >  This is much more customizable and flexible than Microsofts ximage.
> > > >
> > > >  You can create one cd for the whole company, but when you have
> > > >  installed ReactOS you just have to connect to the repository server
> > > >  and select the repositories you need for this workstation. You will
> > > >  never ever have to touch this workstaion again, it will be
> > > >  automatically updated with exactly the things needed on this
> > > >  workstation.
> > > >
> > > >  Keep in mind, my idea is not to make the installation as fast as
> > > >  possible and to waste as less space on the installation medias as
> > > >  possible, I want to make the administrators job a bit easier.
> > > >
> > > >  Plus this has positive effects for home users too, as we have a
> > > >  system wide update manager and not one for every vendor.
> > > >
> > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > Alex Ionescu
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  Greets,
> > > >
> > > >  David Hinz
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