On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 03:39:23PM -0700, Henry B. Hotz wrote: > The fact that SMF's internals are so deliberately opaque makes it > impossible for a typical admin to see if that is the case. The fact > that so many people (who don't want to) are *required* to deal with > SMF means there are a lot of people who need that assurance who won't > get it.
They're not opaque. First, the UI give you most of what you need, and what it doesn't give you that you do need is a just a small matter of finishing that part. Second, the design docs, the developers and the source code are online. Third, there's plenty of documentation. Different, sure. Opaque, no.
