Re: [epg@progeny.com: Bug#154142: dhcp-client conflicts]

[Mark Brown <broonie@sirena.org.uk>]

On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 11:57:29AM -0000, Moshe Zadka wrote:

> www-browser: definitely, here a standard interface (give a URL on the command
>              line) is useful. currently, urlview depends on an ugly hack
>              to do that (listing browsers itself)

You also need to know which command to invoke and you need to know when
it's safe to discard any temporary file you might be pointing at.

> mail-reader: honestly, I fail to see a reason why this is sane. 
>              "less /var/mail/moshez" is as good a mail reader as any.
>              what on earth would prompt someone to suggest a mail-reader
>              is truly beyond me. Should a mail-reader also be able to
>              *send* mail? That would actually make it a useful virtual
>              package, again with a minimum of interface (accept an address
>              on the command line, e.g.)

Being able to read mail is enough for some packages (nethack, for
example (not that it suggests this)).

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