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Installation Clients

Installation uses some special clients for inst modules. The goal of this article is to describe which one is needed for each task.

Wizard Plug-in (inst_ client)

When a new dialog needs to be added into the installation work-flow then a new client with inst_ prefix needs to be created. (In general it can be any client, this is a convention. The work-flow manager can find also the clients without the prefix.)

The new client needs to be added to the installation control file to (the work-flow section)[TODO link], and the file must be present in the inst-sys during installation. (It can be part of the inst-sys or it can be added dynamically from an add-on media or via (Driver Update)[http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Linuxrc#p_dud])

Installation Summary Plug-in (_proposal client)

When a new module should be seen only in the installation summary page or in a different proposal screen, then a client with suffix _proposal is used. Such client must accept string as the first parameter which specifies the action which is being performed and a Hash as the second parameter with optional arguments.

The proposals are defined in the installation control file in (the proposal section)[TODO link].

The actions can be:

  • "MakeProposal" that creates a proposal for the module. The optional Hash then has this structure:

    {
  "force_reset"      => true/false,
  "language_changed" => true/false,
  "read_only"        => true/false
}

    See more details in the generic ProposalClient class

  • "AskUser" for automatic or manual user request to change the proposed configuration. Parameter is "chosen_id" which specify action. It can be "id" from "Description" action which should open dialog to modify values or links specified in "MakeProposal" which should do action depending on link like disable service. Returns if proposal changed. TODO exact structure

  • "Description" to get the description of the proposal in rich text, menu item and its "id". TODO describe here exact structure and examples

  • "Write" to write the settings. Called only if the proposal is not skipped. TODO looks like now all proposals are skipped

Write Plug-in at the End of Installation (_finish client )

When a module needs to write its settings at the end of installation then a client with suffix _finish is used. Such client must accept string as the first parameter which specifies the action that is being performed.

The list finish clients is specified in inst_finish.rb client.

Actions can be:

  • "Info" that gets the information about client (like number of steps, its title and in which mode it should be used). TODO exact structure and example
  • "Write" to write the settings.