Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 21:48:44 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> Cc: Peter van Heusden <pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding a new user interface to FreeBSD administration Message-ID: <8919.898663724@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 Jun 1998 19:48:29 CDT." <19980623194829.05384@futuresouth.com>
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> 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. If we're going to do something now, let's stick with 90's techniques at least. :-) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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