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

[Dieter Plaetinck]

Thought I would give you guys a little update...

Several things have been changed/refactored/re-thought out again
eg
 - phases are now just arrays listing the workers, not functions, it's 
easier to override and it's cleaner.
 - exit codes of all phases/workers are tracked automagically which can 
be useful for reporting at the end, simplifying flow control etc.
 - functions for logging and debugging added (long overdue  ;-)
 - ...
 
My TODO file has had a makeover and now contains the roadmap of where I 
want to go with this. (See 
http://github.com/Dieterbe/fifa/tree/master/TODO )
Basically:
- pre-alpha: (now): a few showstoppers remaining, but we're pretty close 
to having a workable version of both an ftp-based and cdrom-based 
installation.
- alpha: when ftp-based and cdrom-based installations "work" I would 
like to get more input from other developers/community so I/we can fix 
more bugs, refactor, iron everything out,... basically make everything 
better.
   For this I would like to setup a bugtracker (or get a category on 
some already existing bugtracker would be nice too *cough* ;-) ).  It's 
in this phase that still a lot of refactoring and cleaning can be done.
- beta: get fifa on the (beta) installcd as an experimental, alternative 
installer. -> more input from more people -> improve even more
- "release" -> someday, fifa might become so good it could become the 
primary installer...

Obviously you guys are more familiar with the whole process of 
developing for Arch.  This is just my limited view on it so I would be 
glad to hear your input.


Code, readme,howto,... @ http://github.com/Dieterbe/fifa

Dieter