Daniel Burrows wrote : > I've been thinking along these lines too, but didn't want to mention it as > I'm not likely to be able to help implement it. I'm thinking in terms of > something slightly simpler, though: just the stuff a "normal" user (whatever > that means) would need to set up and perform simple maintenance of a system. Could you list 'user tasks' ? (the 'whatever that means' doesn't help)
> I haven't used linuxconf much; could you extend that for this task, or > is it too much of a pain? I don't think _I_ could extend (see my other mail). > The specific thing that triggered this thought for me was the realization > that setting up a printer on Debian is still pretty much black magic (even for > a fairly experienced user), especially compared to the tools provided with > other distros (RedHat, for instance, has a pretty nice printer configurator) Added printer configuration to the list of things to do. > If I were doing it, I'd use Python, but I would definitely recommend against > any compiled language. (there's no really heavy processing or low-level > operations; it's mostly high-level logic, parsing of data, and storing of > output data, which is where Python (for instance) particularly shines) I like Python too despite the fact the current proof of concepts are in C. (design in C, code in Python, weird). > > http://gaby.netpedia.net/pics/Screenshot_GUI_tools.jpeg > That looks pretty nice..haven't looked at the code yet. I hope you store > this stuff in the "standard" config files instead of hiding it in some obscure > directory somewhere? :) (yeah, this clobbers comments, but I assume that if > you're using the GUI tools you aren't sticking comments into your > configuration :P ) [1] Using standard Debian configuration files; no /etc/sysconfig/ here. > > PS2: _don't_ send me copies of your mails. I'm subscribed to debian-devel. > Aren't there headers that you can set to tell mutt not to do that? > > Oh, wait, there are still people who don't use mutt. Nevermind. :) Poor guys... -- 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]