Re: tech proposal to make manoj somewhat happy.
Hi,
>>"Petra" == Petra, Kevin J Poorman <ewigin@SoftHome.net> writes:
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Petra> On 26 Jul 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> Firstly, where are the current boot floppies falling short? I
>> just installed on a laptop (my current install test machine), and I
>> was pleasantly surprised. Why is a complete rewrite required? Where
>> is information not sufficinet? Which boot floppy version have you
>> looked at?
Petra> I addressed where the the boot floppies are falling short in
Petra> another e-mail. please referance that.
I have searched, but I have found n specific points about boot
floppies. I see generalizations: we should provide help for
newbies. we should throw life jackets. Nive analgies. No substance.
Petra> secondly, I'm sugesting a complete rewrite, because as far as
Petra> I can tell, the install process has not changed in method
Petra> since I first installed rex.
So, you want a rewrite. You do not have detailed
objections. You do not have a proposed new method of
installation. You do not have a list of unsatisfactory points (just a
general we need better help). You do not have proposed replacement
text.
Petra> w96 is a 2 color 640x480 windowing system, that is small, and
Petra> quick. w96 can be found by a simple search on the linux
Petra> applications web page, (sounds like someone didn't do there
Petra> homework). and as to your last question. 1: why not. 2: it's
Petra> time for a change.
So, the only reason you have to change is a) why not, and b)
it time? And these are supposed to be technical reasons? What are the
advantages over slang? Or over using dialog? Why should we changes
(Oh, I forgot. Why not>)
>>
Petra> b: a port of apt to w96 or whatever gui chosen should be looked
Petra> into.
>>
>> What is wrong with the current approach used by APT? I think
>> Jason has researched the GUI part of APT quite well. What does your
>> approach have which is so much better that we are prepared to throw
>> all the code that has been written away?
Petra> I never said throw it away. again your twisting my words to
Petra> the point of completely skewing there meaning. I said a port
Petra> should be looked into.
Why should it be looked into? What are the advantages, in your
opinion, that we should even try this? You have not given one single
reason why this new fangled windowing system that most of the
respondents here have not heard of should be our new windowing
system.
Petra> the deb format consists of a ar archive of 3
Petra> files. control.tar.gz, data.tar.gz and debian-binary. I never
Petra> said that we use a pure tar archive. however we do use a
Petra> tar.gz archive for the base install. I'm sujesting we look
Petra> into other archive formats to see if a speed improvment is to
Petra> be had. ie: a gz of a cpio archive... or whatever.
Oh, this was just another idea you threw in without doing any
comparison of the speeds. All right. I see.
>> We already have a logo. Captain Blue-eyes. (Not that I am
>> averse to a contest -- but we had a contest). Do you know there was
>> an effort ongoing for an year before the current logo was chosen?
Petra> what was the motive? ... none. afaik.
Umm, motive for what?
Petra> Not everyone uses less, or likes less. yes man itself is great
Petra> for quick looks, however for the beginning person, man is
Petra> confusing, and rather hard to use, however lynx is easy to
Petra> use, and well documented.
man is quite well documented too, and really is an historical
part of the OS you are now using. Why is man hard to use? I say man
man, and there I hasve it. It uses the pager I use, and which I have
to learn anyway.
Petra> lynx allows you to do a text search useing /
Not across multiple files, like info allows me to. the search
capabilities of most browsers are rather simplistic. I also like the
power of a full reg exp engine behind my searches.
Petra> and as our preffered doc format, we should make it standard
Petra> that man pages be veiwable useing a html browser.
Look into debian-doc archives; a far more impressive
infrastructure is being discussed there.
manoj
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