Re: the dselect debate
On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Chris Dion wrote:
> I'm new to both Linux in general and the debian distribution
> specifically. I found that dselect, though awkward at first, was rather
> easy to use and quite powerful. That's not to say that the interface
> couldn't be improved somewhat. Is work on dselect ongoing, and is the
> source available? If so, I'd like to take some of the suggestions and
> concerns voiced on this list and have a go at improving the tool.
> That's assuming my programming skills are up to the task ; )
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Chris Dion
I agree to that oppinion. My first encounter with dselect was very
tedious, but I could set up a systems in a few hours. I should admit, that
kept a dselect description by my hand for all the time.
I think, most new user find dselect interface outmoded, but that's only
psichology......
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