From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 14 1: 6: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from dozer.skynet.be (dozer.skynet.be [195.238.2.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59A8014D9F for ; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 01:06:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from blk@skynet.be) Received: from [195.238.1.121] (brad.techos.skynet.be [195.238.1.121]) by dozer.skynet.be (8.9.3/odie-relay-v1.0) with ESMTP id KAA23219; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 10:05:54 +0100 (MET) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: blk@foxbert.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <3855F364.E66EC87B@cvzoom.net> References: <2177.945155945@zippy.cdrom.com> <3855F364.E66EC87B@cvzoom.net> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 09:54:33 +0100 To: Donn Miller , "Jordan K. Hubbard" From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: sysinstall: is it really at the end of its lifecycle? Cc: Eric Jones , current@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 2:36 AM -0500 1999/12/14, Donn Miller wrote: > I saw in CUBFM (the newsgroup) where a couple of people wanted to > do a GUI menu-based interfaced to the kernel configuration (as > opposed to editing a file by hand). I don't think this would be > too hard at all, but I wondered what the experienced FreeBSD > users thought of this idea? I saw that too. I'm not sure I qualify as an "experienced FreeBSD user", but although I almost certainly would not use the tool myself (I like to have some inkling of what programs are doing and why), I can see why others might want something like this. Myself, I'd like to see an improved installation tool to replace sysinstall, before we worry too much about a GUI kernel configuration tool, although if someone has a real bee in their bonnet to do the latter, I certainly wouldn't be inclined to stand in their way. -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ____________________________________________________________________ |o| Brad Knowles, Belgacom Skynet NV/SA |o| |o| Systems Architect, News & FTP Admin Rue Col. Bourg, 124 |o| |o| Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.11.11/12.49 B-1140 Brussels |o| |o| http://www.skynet.be Belgium |o| \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Unix is like a wigwam -- no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside. Unix is very user-friendly. It's just picky who its friends are. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message