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hi, |
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> > First of all let's decide what level of tools we need. All the hackers |
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> > outthere will be using good ol' "vi some.conf" method, but for new users |
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> > these tools and the ease of use might be a critical point in choosing |
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> > Gentoo. |
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> For me the tools should be helpfull in daytoday administration of gentoo. I |
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> don't think we should target newbees. When things are a bit more complicated |
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> it forces people to think first, and then press the button. This does not |
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> mean that things should be overcomplicated. It just means that the tool |
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> should not make decisions for you (like the rest of gentoo tries to avoid |
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> that). Not making decisions for the user means to me that a configuration |
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> tool should aim at supporting every configuration possible and especially |
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> should never ever preclude the use of alternative configuration tools (ever |
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> tried to configure cups with the redhat tool? they conveniently forgot the |
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> privileged port option, so you cannot use the tool at all, but they do put |
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> many warnings against not editing the file) |
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> Paul |
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well that would result in having two projects: gentoo-administration- |
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tools and gentoo-config-tools :)) |
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Gytis Raciukaitis <raciuk@××××××××××.lt> |