Re: Caldera installation - something Debian should learn
On 23 Apr 1999, Robin Stephenson wrote:
> >> It would be nice to use standard embeddable languages, such as Guile,
> >> Tcl, Perl, Python or what have you. [...]
> [...]
> Dave> [...] XML [...]
>
> Yes! Imagine being able to configure a machine by pointing Mozilla at
> <file:///etc/> and choosing items from menus (I'm thinking of XSL at
> this point). If you don't like the pointy-clicky admin thing, you
> could fall back on Lynx, or your trusty $EDITOR.
>
> The disadvantage, of course, is that *every* program would have to be
> ported to use XML as its config file format. Who fancies tackling
> sendmail? Upstream changes will also need to be tracked: this is a
> seriously big job. I reckon Unix has just too much legacy data in the
> form of hard-won config files to be able to discard it, however
> laudable that objective might be. It seems to me that XML (or
> anything else) across the board is going to stay a pipe dream for the
> foreseeable future. This is not, of course, a reason for not trying...
You could take coas' approach for legacy apps and build it into
new apps.
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