Jordan Brown (Sun) wrote: > Rainer Heilke wrote: > > Now, on both sides we're exaggerating.
To some degree, perhaps. > Having "enable -it" mean "start > transiently ignoring dependencies" won't significantly alienate Real > Administrators But it does make it a pain for things like development, for example. It also locks us in if future developments require further differences between start/stop and enable/disable. , and having "start" mean it won't instantly bamboozle the > inexperienced and send them running to the comfort of Windows. This is particularly true if we create a good GUI for normal administrative tasks, and leave "start" to the command line. > However, > every little bit helps (or hurts). SMF, used well, has a real potential > for making service management simpler. Used poorly, with its simple > usage modes obscured, it has the potential to make it more complex. Absolutely, so let's not tie our hands for future developments, while we also make sure we keep things intuitive and clear. Rainer -- Mind the gap.
