At 06:19 20-03-01 +0100, you wrote:
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>On 2001.03.19 22:40 tony K. wrote:
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>> 2) Forcing the user to work again and again his/her way manually
>> thru a list of over 1000 packages is INSANE.
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>And one has to. I mean: how many users have a palmpilot? Right, then why
>the heck is it installed by default?
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>> There ought to be a better way...
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>Sure, but it takes a lot of work.
Not much really: add two user interactions to rpmDrake: one to export a text file with
the installed package names and media from which it installs, and another which reads
such file and merges it with the "pick list", opening a simple "change/ignore" dialog
for exceptions. What could be simpler?
It would not be a 100% solution, but in the developer work vs. user time saved
coefficient list, it would be right there at the top.
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And while we are at it: surely saving/importing the inventory of the SAME system rpm's
is not likely to cause any problems. Let me conclude the rant: Linux philosophy is to
"drive" things from text specification files, not from (1000+ line!) GUI widgets. GUI
has it's place in applications, but this misguided stampede to GUI tools in sys
administration (installs, etc.) is an example of mass-psychology at its worst.
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tk
Anthony K. Transportation Systems - no HTML mail please.
