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Subject: Re: Requirements and pre-analysis for a
From: Kenneth MacDonald <K.MacDonald () ed ! ac ! uk>
Date: 2005-03-22 0:11:04
Message-ID: 1111450264.29887.7.camel () ucs-lupa
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On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 10:31 +1200, Perry Lorier wrote:
> > Like
> >
> > - Who wrote the value of this key? (which application)
> > - When was it's value last altered? (date/time)
> > - Is this the value of this key writable? (boolean)
> > - Who has been interested in this key? (application list)
> > - Whats the purpose of this configuration (description)?
>
> I'd like to suggest also the ability to store arbitary "comments" for
> users. I really miss being able to say "Changed this to 6 (from 3) to
> make the foo feature work." or perhaps "The Foo installer changed this
> value to "narf" during install"). Looking through /etc on a large
> machine that's been installed for a while you see lots of comments made
> by programs, or humans explaining why various bits of a config have been
> changed. I miss being able to set and read these on software managed
> config systems.
And the providence of the setting. That is, where did it come from? In
the gconf world, for example, was it in a mandatory policy, or a user
preference?
Cheers,
Kenny.
--
Kenneth MacDonald <K.MacDonald@ed.ac.uk>
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