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authorDylan M. Taylor <dylan@dylanmtaylor.com>2021-04-08 20:52:47 -0400
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-04-08 20:52:47 -0400
commit32c902a4d8a46f6d0202d9ae46dee9620bbcaa30 (patch)
tree400bd54a7066c31c5bfaba70a51c85469492987c /profiles
parent99d75c2831e3c244891fe4ce576c377851ed2816 (diff)
draft: Make i3 package to select i3 configuration
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+# Common package for i3, lets user select which i3 configuration they want.
+
+import archinstall, os
+
+is_top_level_profile = False
+
+# New way of defining packages for a profile, which is iterable and can be used out side
+# of the profile to get a list of "what packages will be installed".
+__packages__ = []
+
+def _prep_function(*args, **kwargs):
+ """
+ Magic function called by the importing installer
+ before continuing any further. It also avoids executing any
+ other code in this stage. So it's a safe way to ask the user
+ for more input before any other installer steps start.
+ """
+
+ supported_configurations = ['i3-wm', 'i3-gaps']
+ desktop = archinstall.generic_select(supported_configurations, 'Select your desired configuration: ')
+
+ # Temporarily store the selected desktop profile
+ # in a session-safe location, since this module will get reloaded
+ # the next time it gets executed.
+ archinstall.storage['_desktop_profile'] = desktop
+
+ profile = archinstall.Profile(None, desktop)
+ # Loading the instructions with a custom namespace, ensures that a __name__ comparison is never triggered.
+ with profile.load_instructions(namespace=f"{desktop}.py") as imported:
+ if hasattr(imported, '_prep_function'):
+ return imported._prep_function()
+ else:
+ print(f"Deprecated (??): {desktop} profile has no _prep_function() anymore")
+
+if __name__ == 'i3':
+ """
+ This "profile" is a meta-profile.
+ There are no desktop-specific 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 therefore just a helper to get started
+ """
+
+ # Install common packages for all i3 configurations
+ installation.add_additional_packages(__packages__)
+
+ # TODO: Remove magic variable 'installation' and place it
+ # in archinstall.storage or archinstall.session/archinstall.installation
+ installation.install_profile(archinstall.storage['_desktop_profile'])
+