[gentoo-dev] Antwort: Re: [gentoo-dev] YaST will be GPL [Virus checked]

Corvus Corax wrote:

> A possible solution to the problem could be some sort of
> "easy configuration tool contest"
> where beginner user could donate via paypal or such for a winners price,
> given out later for the best configuration tool written.

A nice idea, but possible not the right for gentoo.. Existing gentoo-users
have no real demand for an easy config tool and the people who have the
demand wont sponsor a gentoo project because they dont know it.. This
approach maybe would work for common linux configuration system.. But I
doubt there would be enough money acquired to pay even one developer. The
only solution I see is that somebody is coding such a tool who really likes
to code such a tool, maybe prooving he is better than microsoft in
designing point-and-click-config-tools :-)... Well, why not, there exist
even people who enjoy writing a spreadsheet ;-)

> or something like this, -- wadda you think?

I would think somebody should open a project at sourceforge and starting:
.) analysing existing config-tools like linuxconf, yast and webmin
.) analysing if it is reasonable to reengineer yast to a sane design
.) analysing if it is more reasonable to add to existing conf-tools some
good default-configs and some wizard-like tools

regards,
Thomas




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