begin quoting Todd Walton as of Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 08:07:48PM -0800: > I'd like to see package managers evolve into something that does more > than just install software. I'd like to see them handle system-wide > configurations and run recipes for all sorts of stuff and follow > HOWTOs. That all depends on the recipes. _A Fire Upon The Deep_ should serve as a cautionary tale about recipes. . .
> Imagine "install disk-encryption.howto" > > a la: > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Disk-Encryption-HOWTO/index.html > > and everything is done, with whatever human input is needed. There's > a lot of stuff that could use a healthy dose of automation. Something > like super-a-a-p. I'd rather structure the system so that minimal integration needs to be done, and "installing" a program consists of downloading it, compiling if necessary, pointing it at some temp space, local config space, local persistent data space if necessary, and running it. This include drivers as well as applications. :-/ > http://www.a-a-p.org/ , by the author of the descendant of the subject > of an ancient holy war. Hm.... So long as the recipe isn't turing-complete, that looks interesting. -Stewart "Live Data is seductive, and so incredibly unwise" Stremler -- KPLUG-List mailing list [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
