Re: Package configuration philosophy
On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Alexander Gieg wrote:
> > Linuxconf has some nice features but it has the serious drawback
> > that it replaces the sysvinit. This would break every single program
> > that needs to be started at boot time. Using Linuxconf would require
> > changing nearly every important package so that they worked with
> > linuxconf's non-standard boot script system. Co-ordinating a massive
> > change like this would be a nightmare...and I do NOT believe that
> > the end result would be worth it - the same or better results can be
> > achieved with far less radical changes to current standards.
>
> Well, so, excuse me. Butt the GNU/Linux hackers doesn't like
> challenges? I think making *all* the softwares compatible with
> LinuxConf could be not a nightmare, but a very cool hacking
> development, couldn't it? By the way, Debian is not commercial, so
> we have veeeeery muuuuuch time to make it work. If the work takes 3
> years (!), what's the problem? In this list, I saw someone saying that
> "the nature of Linux is change". So, why not change it? The guys at
> LinuxConf are hardly working to make their software compatible with
> RedHat, Slackware and *Debian*. If we, instead of getting in their
> way, go to help them?
Yes, I suppose it *could* be done. But why? WHY change something that
works well and has worked well for years to gain features which could be
gained without having to make such drastic changes to the system?
IMO Linuxconf is good, but not good enough to warrant throwing the baby
out with the bathwater. As I said in my last message there are other,
less disruptively radical ways of achieving the same results.
Change is good. Getting new features with _minimal_ change is better.
> But I'm not a Debian developer (for now). So, if you don't want this,
> I'll not continue to speak about LinuxConf. But that it could be cool,
> it could! ;-)
Have a talk with shaya potter, he's already working on it. He would
probably appreciate some input/help. Hunt through debian-user or
debian-devel for his email address (i can't recall it at the moment)
craig
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