On 03/16/10 02:05 PM, James Carlson wrote: > Jordan Brown wrote: >> Metadata-driven user interfaces can be pretty good, and far better than >> manually editing configuration files. A mechanism (like smf_template(5) >> appears to be) that allows the service developer to declare variables, >> including type, constraints, and hints on presentation, enables such a >> metadata-driven user interface. Even with a customized user interface >> the metadata can help to simplify the implementation; medium-complex >> configuration interfaces might consist of little more than lists of >> tabs, each with a list of configuration items. > > I mostly agree, but as I understand the original goal of SMF, it was > expected that most non-trivial subsystems would end up getting > customized interfaces to deal with the complications of user > presentation rather than forcing users into svccfg. Perhaps that's no > longer a goal ...
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