Re: X Configuration Interface for Debian
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> John Goerzen:
> > I think that such a program is a way to "unify" all the
> > disjoint configuratio n files that float around all over the
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> The word "unify" makes me feel uneasy. It makes me think of the
> simple approach which uses a central database in a special format,
> from which all the actual configuration files read by the various
> programs are generated. This is simple, but it doesn't work, because
> it makes it much more difficult for people to administrate the
> system without using the fancy new system.
What I envision is a program that caters to the individual configuration file
formats, rather than forcing individual programs to use a global configuration
file format. The X configurator would provide a common interface to the
various configuration files and formats that can be found on a Debian system.
And it would not force you to use it -- you could still go in and edit the
files with your favority text editor just like usual. Kinda like dselect
provides a common interface for dpkg. You can still use dpkg if you want, and
sometimes you might need to, but you have available a program that brings it
all together. I see your cfgtool program in somewhat of the same light.
> This isn't what you were proposing, but I thought I'd point it
> out to everyone else, anyway. The new system must be written on
> top of our existing system, not as a replacement of it.
Good point.
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