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authorAnton Hvornum <anton.feeds+github@gmail.com>2020-10-18 12:28:12 +0200
committerAnton Hvornum <anton.feeds+github@gmail.com>2020-10-18 12:28:12 +0200
commita73f0b0135f484079f88b9a242bf3b3c5bb1dda4 (patch)
treeff70068ffaa9977b677281a6791b3a56e6ed4ea3 /profiles/dekstop.py
parentec49a42f2bdd0917c7a0c5a3c2e224d49f554359 (diff)
Added a session-storag. This is in an attempt to build away some magic functionality that might otherwise be hard to understand/maintain over a long period of time. Using this in profiles/desktop.py as a test.
Diffstat (limited to 'profiles/dekstop.py')
-rw-r--r--profiles/dekstop.py25
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/profiles/dekstop.py b/profiles/dekstop.py
index d9e88eb1..e2d83169 100644
--- a/profiles/dekstop.py
+++ b/profiles/dekstop.py
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ def _prep_function(*args, **kwargs):
supported_desktops = ['gnome', 'kde', 'awesome']
dektop = archinstall.generic_select(supported_desktops, 'Select your desired desktop environemtn: ')
+ # Temporarly store the selected desktop profile
+ # in a session-safe location, since this module will get re-loaded
+ # the next time it gets executed.
+ archinstall.storage['_desktop_profile'] = desktop
+
profile = archinstall.Profile(None, dektop)
# Loading the instructions with a custom namespace, ensures that a __name__ comparison is never triggered.
with profile.load_instructions(namespace=f"{dektop}.py") as imported:
@@ -22,11 +27,19 @@ def _prep_function(*args, **kwargs):
print(f"Deprecated (??): {dektop} profile has no _prep_function() anymore")
if __name__ == 'desktop':
- print('The desktop.py profile should never be executed as a stand-alone.')
-
"""
This "profile" is a meta-profile.
- It will not return itself, there for this __name__ will never
- be executed. Instead, whatever profile was selected will have
- it's handle returned and that __name__ will be executed later on.
- """ \ No newline at end of file
+ There are no specific desktop-steps, it simply routes
+ the installer to whichever desktop environment/window manager was chosen.
+
+ Maybe in the future, a network manager or similar things *could* be added here.
+ We should honor that Arch Linux does not officially endorse a desktop-setup, nor is
+ it trying to be a turn-key desktop distribution.
+
+ There are plenty of desktop-turn-key-solutions based on Arch Linux,
+ this is therefor just a helper to get started
+ """
+
+ # TODO: Remove magic variable 'installation' and place it
+ # in archinstall.storage or archinstall.session/archinstall.installation
+ installation.install_profile(archinstall.storage['_desktop_profile']) \ No newline at end of file