On Fri, 09 Oct 1998 14:35:51 +0200 (CEST), Igor Mozetic wrote: : : >However, a tool like that, [ a general configuration tool ] with >Debian support (eg, all packages with config files >should register with it, like menu system) would certainly bring >Debian much closer to non-experienced users. > >Now the obvious: "Why don't you do it?" >First, I lack the expertise, and second, such a tool really requires >to be accepted into the Debian policy. >This note shouldn't be taken as a criticism to your great work, but >rather as a point of view of a grateful, non-expert user. >If anybody cares, I'm willing to give a detailed account of typical >configuration problems.
Hi everybody, I'm not a debian developer myself (yet!!!), but I've following the project very close for some time, and I could imagine to, perhaps, getting involved right here. Right now, I only have a vague idea how this huge task could be done. Basically it starts out similarly to dhelp, but in the end, configuration will certainly be even more complex than documentation. (There simply is no general way how to convert configuration file formats.) Is anybody out there, who already has done some work on this? I really don't want to do the work a second time! Otherwise I would simply start out with a first scratch of guidelines. Of course I I would do the whole work very open for discussion, since the project would really have to be accepted by the whole community. I can't promise right now that I'm the right man for the job, though, but I'm willing to at least start out on it and see how far I come... :-) Greetings, Nobbi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Norbert "Nobbi" Nemec Paul-Gerhardt-Str. 4 90765 Fuerth Tel: 0911-761206 Fax: 0911-7658329 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]