Simplify the installation procedure.

[ydahhrk]

This is going to be postponed until version 4.x because users likely expect this kind of change in major version releases.

Several things seem to buzz over people's heads. Here are some ideas:

• depmod doesn't technically need to be called on every install, but the performance increase for not calling it isn't worth it being an extra step. In addition, its "optionalness" is not documented. There's really no reason why users should ever worry about this. Therefore, make modules_install should call depmod automatically. Done. The new target make install is equivalent to make modules_install && depmod. Both are available now.
• Some users forget to install the userspace application and then wonder why their commands fail. All four binaries (stateless/stateful userspace/kernelspace) should be compiled and installed out of a single make && sudo make install kick, and the documentation should reflect this.
  Of course, the option to compile each binary separately should still exist.
• I have the nagging impression the solution to Wrong checksum on namespace'd translation #159 removed the need to turn offloads off. We need to confirm this and purge this off-putting step from people's lives. Offloads are still needed off.

Additional ideas welcomed.

[Namsep]

Maybe some sort of install script that gives you options (full SIIT-DC) or home NAT64 /DNS 64 gateway?

[ydahhrk]

Maybe some sort of install script that gives you options (full SIIT-DC) or home NAT64 /DNS 64 gateway?

I imagine it would be simple for a script to apply the stuff needed to make this happen, but the fact other nodes also need to be configured (for the whole thing to work) confuses me.

(edit: when I say "other nodes need to be configured" I mean setting up default gateway
and similar network bureaucracy.)

So just to check scope:

Do you expect this script to get the translating machine running only, or do you have in mind something that fixes the entire network?

[ydahhrk]

I imagine it would be simple for a script to apply the stuff needed to make this happen, but the fact other nodes also need to be configured (for the whole thing to work) confuses me.

In addition to a DNS64, we could also install a DHCP server.
Hmmm. Interesting.

[ydahhrk]

Another one:

• make install should be an alias for make modules_install && depmod. Done.

[ydahhrk]

Honestly, at this point I think that packages (#243) are as far as we'll go.

Realistically speaking, providing scripts to build an entire translation environment is too far from the scope of the project, too ambitious given our resources and would require too many assumptions regarding the user's needs.

If a significant portion of the community wants it, then it's probably better if somebody else provides it as a separate project.

I'd like to cancel that for now. The rest is already finished and released in Jool 4.0.0.