On Nov 24, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Benji Weber wrote:
On 24/11/2007, Chris Worley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My $.02:
Yast does not need redesigned from scratch.
Every application has issues, and every newbie programmer wants to
start over from scratch. When they finish, they want to start over
again. "The grass is always greener on the other side" (stateside
saying). Add that to every newbie programmer wants to write "the
perfect programming language", and you know how to spot youthful
exuberance.
And if you, (or anyone else) had actually bothered to read the
proposal you would realise that this is a proposal for redesigning
the
UI for the control centre, just a shell which lets people choose a
The original post said "Radical redesign"
That implies a hell of a lot more than just a cosmetic change
of the UI.
YaST module. A re-write of yast or changing the package management
system, or moving to a web UI etc were not even mentioned. This might
be as simple as picking an off-the-shelf browser such as
system-settings or its gnome equivalent, or writing a very simple
application.
The primary concern has been how to organise and show the existing
YaST modules so that people can find what they're looking for easily.
This isn't about re-writing YaST.
The original post said it was.
We've all been arguing that the changes SHOULD BE RESTRICTED
to cosmetic changes.
This hasn't stopped lots of people on the list from creating
completely off-topic discussion though.
You need to go back and read the original post.
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I disagree. The original post meant a rewrite of the UI. The wiki
page pays attention to a rewrite of the UI. It's a rewrite of the UI.
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