On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 11:38:39AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:17:27 +0100, Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 10:31:11AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> This is the beauty of fre software. If you find it so frustrating, > >> write up a generic tool, and contribute it. And that would follow > >> the grand old UNIX tradition of each command doing one thing well. > > > The task at hand would mean forking ucf, which would be a bad idea. > > Then I am sorry to say you have not learned how free software > works.
Your opinion. Agree to disagree? > There is no need to fork ucf to create a command that provides > functionality not in ucf. the intersection between zmct (zugschlus' magical conffiles tool) and ucf would be non-negligible and a lot of routine stuff would need to be present in both packages. > And, arguably, this functionality should be in a different script > anyway, perhaps one that can read the simple ucf cache, which, given > the installed base, is unlikely to change from under you. Where is the documentation of the stable interface to ucf's cache that is reliable not to change between ucf releases? > > Additionally, I'd like a functionality of this importance in a > > better coder's hand than mine. > > Write the code. You might surprise yourself. Or find that > other people can help out. Or you could contribute the code to be > included in ucf. But the first step is "do the work." insufficient time resources. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
