--- Philip Dillon-Thiselton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Judd Vinet wrote: > > >On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 10:13:03PM +0100, Philip > Dillon-Thiselton wrote: > > > > > >>LOL. I'm crap at this. I swear all I do is make > trouble for myself. I > >>used to hope I carried it all off in a vaguely > entertaining way but now... > >> > >> > > > >Yea, you are a bit of a hell-raiser. :) > > > > > I can but humbly apologise for that and try to do > better by becoming an > apprentice of Sensei Xentac in the Art of > HowToGetThingsDoneQuicklyAndEfficientlyWithoutPissingPeopleOff > (tm) > > > > > > >>To be honest I think my main observation (not > complaint) is that you've > >>worked to keep all the config settings in one > file, rc.conf, but I'm > >>faced with the prospect of numerous profile files > just to manage my > >>wireless connections. It just seems odd to me to > have four different > >>files that only differ by one ESSID. With almost > every other Arch > >>daemon pkg all the config takes place in one file > in conf.d - I'm think > >>I'm just a bit disappointed it won't be the same > for the wireless > >>stuff. Inefficent was probably a bad word choice. > >> > >> > > > >Aye, and that was the original plan. I made a > half-assed attempt at > >keeping all the profile stuff in rc.conf itself, > but the overall > >feedback was that users found it too confusing to > configure. It was > >more flexible/powerful than the netcfg route, but > it lost a bit of the > >KISS stuff (on the surface, anyway). > > > >So I traded it in for the multiple-file route. I > figured that, this > >way, it wouldn't disturb the non-wifi users at all > and would still be > >all KISSy n' stuff. And it is a bit similar to > RedHat's ifcfg-eth0 > >stuff, so users wouldn't have trouble grasping the > configuration style. > > > >And I make no claims that it's a be-all-end-all > solution. A couple > >people have already illustrated scenarios where it > doesn't work ideally > >(such as yourself). But the Phils of the world are > special cases unto > >themselves, and I trust that they can cope with the > shortcomings and > >find some nice ways around them. > > > >With the growth of the AUR, perhaps you could even > offer your own > >profile setup as an AUR package for those users who > need more flexibility. > >My feelings wouldn't be hurt, I promise. :) > > > > > I've already started thinking about that but it > would just add another > layer of complexity - best to keep it as simple as > you already have, > complicating the complexities is surely a doomed > exercise! > > > > > > >>I think you are right - in the past you have > always managed to provide a > >>very balanced solution to most problems - I think > we all appreciate the > >>work that must take. Or at least we would do if > we didn't spend so much > >>time flapping our gums... > >> > >> > > > >Yea, keeps em lean n' mean. Gum flapping is > alright by me, as long as > >we get stuff done at the end of it all. You can > never please everybody, > >but you try to please as many as you can in one go > and hope the rest > >understand. > > > > > >- J > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >arch mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > There is a legitmate use for more than 1 card, and that is if you are lucky enough to live in a conjested part of town where there are a lot of open networks and you want to do some load balancing. Seriously, think of the bandwidth potential if your neighbours are willing to share it with you. In such a case, a USB hub and 4 dongles could become common. http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
