Bootstrap flow

[shuntia]

The current workflow is really long. Like LONG.

Windows install should be iwr iex, Mac/linux should be curl sh.

There's even a systemd service installer with a separate service file(users might just D&D to services and complain, not foolproof! Does not check and runs on Mac!)

So what do you guys think about a unified "install.ps1" and "install.sh" that takes care of install configuration and update, and eliminating the fragmented files?

[BarsatZulkarnine]

There is already a PR for this (#348) that adds a CLI wizard covering setup, serve, and status. Curious what you think about this approach ?

[shuntia]

I guess? But my honest opinion is "why do we need node when we already have cpython to deal with"
Npm is great but you have to install it first, and unless you make npx magically good iwr iex is still going to be faster.

[BarsatZulkarnine]

Yeah node as a prereq is a valid complaint, a pure Python bootstrap would be cleaner. Though over the last day day and a half I've noticed Felix is closing a lot of the restructure/tooling type PRs and focusing on bug fixes, so I'm not sure a new bootstrap approach would get much traction right now.

[shuntia]

The prerequisite is kind of annoying, requiring a huge node instance alive just for it to do nothing while Odysseus is running is kind of questionable.