[arch-general] Fifa: Flexible Installer Framework for Arch linux

[Thomas Bächler]

Dieter Plaetinck schrieb:
> The quickinst functions are ported already (I didn't build a profile to
> use/test them yet though).  Right now I'm going over the setup script
> and moving it's functionality in different fifa libraries and profiles.
> Imho, the setup script consists of 3 things coupled very tightly
> together:
> - backend "real work" functionality (install grub, packages,...)
> - flow control (eg you can't do step x if requirement y or z hasn't been
> met yet)
> - UI logic (show the progress of a process, ask the user a question,..)

Yeah, that was always a little crappy.

> What I'm doing now is moving:
> - the UI logic into lib-ui.sh (eg you can ask questions and inform the
> user in a mode-agnostic way. set a variable to use dialog mode or plain
> cli)
> - the backend "real work" code into libraries like lib-pacman,
> lib-network etc.
> - the flow control functionality in a (draft of) an 'interactive'
> profile (what might someday become a replacement of the current setup
> script)

This sounds awesome to me.

Just a thought: If you want to, you could also move the whole code into 
a more sophisticated language (Python, C, C++) if bash is too restricted 
for you.

> It's a lot of work but I'm convinced the end result will be worth it.
> If anyone wants to help me out, feel free to contact me.  I'm also on
> #archlinux (username Dieterbe)

I have zero time recently, but when I find some I'll look at the code.

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