Dave Miner wrote: > This is precisely the slippery slope at the bottom of which lies > things like "Do you want Kerberos?" or, "What's your NFSv4 domain?" > I'd hope we have learned something from that experience :-)
Exactly. It quickly becomes mired down in the mud. Without it, though, there may need to be a tool an admin can fire up (after the install) to do these things quickly, easily, and cleanly. But that's for a different group. :-) > The necessary companions to the simplification you see in this > interface are the Network Automagic and Duckwater projects, which > provide the methodology for automating and simplifying the discovery > and configuration of the networking and nameservices used. > Ultimately, what we'll want to talk about is the overall experience > that we all combine to provide, and how Caiman fits within it. As > we're all in various stages of design, I probably should ask the UI > designers for the projects to provide a more comprehensive flow that > covers these scenarios and leaves less to the imagination. Ah, there we go. This sounds great, and if, like you say, we can combine the "look and feel" and methodologies to create a consistent experience, that would be best. "I love it when a plan comes together!" Rainer
