Jules Bean wrote : > On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 06:24:28PM +0200, Frederic Peters wrote: > > So I drew the conclusion that what Debian needs for those users is simple > > GUI tools. [some will respond here with "we don't want those users" and I > > won't agree. This flamewar already happened. GUI tools doesn't mean you > > have to use them. blah blah blah.] > Warning: this is anecdotal. It's not a powerful logical argument. I don't need stinky logical argument :)
> Beware. GUI admin tools are often written badly, they often fail to take > into account every possible configuration and break strangely when > invoked with a configuration they don't understand. They often have > bugs, they often fail to give reliable or sensible error or status > messages. In short, they often make the OS appear worse than it is: > Redhat has a family of Tk GUI tools which, sometimes, exemplify this > problem. > > Summary: If you write GUI admin tools, think very hard about how you > will make them as robust and complete as the commandline ones. It is > not easy. This is Debian. It will be done the right way. I really believe it. [I told you about logical arguments before...] -- Frederic Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> « Le travail a été ce que l'homme Debian GNU/Linux : http://www.debian.org a trouvé de mieux pour ne rien Gaby : http://gaby.netpedia.net faire de sa vie. » R. Vaneigem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
