From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 24 00:06:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA20001 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 00:06:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from roma.coe.ufrj.br (jonny@roma.coe.ufrj.br [146.164.53.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA19966 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 00:05:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonny@jonny.eng.br) Received: (from jonny@localhost) by roma.coe.ufrj.br (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA23043; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 04:04:43 -0300 (EST) (envelope-from jonny) From: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis Message-Id: <199806240704.EAA23043@roma.coe.ufrj.br> Subject: Re: Adding a new user interface to FreeBSD administration In-Reply-To: <8919.898663724@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Jun 23, 98 09:48:44 pm" To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 04:04:43 -0300 (EST) Cc: fullermd@futuresouth.com, pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG #define quoting(Jordan K. Hubbard) // > So, the first step is to write scripts/programs to create/edit the // > various config files: pppconfig, maybe some nice wrappers around pw, // > syslogconf, even a profileconf and cshconf, heck, let's complicate things // > more and make a rc.confconf. Just find every config file that people // // Eeek. I think this might have been a transitional approach of value // some 4-5 years ago, but nowadays we have namespace pollution and the // fact that front-ending things in this fashion is something which // proved its limitations and went out of fashion almost a decade ago. This stinks to IBM's smit. :) // If we're going to do something now, let's stick with 90's techniques // at least. :-) Could you please elaborate on this ? My preferred technique for system configuration is vi. Are there any others ? :))) Jonny -- Joao Carlos Mendes Luis M.Sc. Student jonny@jonny.eng.br Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message