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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: System Configure tool
From:       Charles Samuels <charles () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-05-05 18:30:26
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On Saturday 05 May 2001 09:01 am, Matthias Elter wrote:
> On Saturday 05 May 2001 17:23, Rob Kaper wrote:
> > On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 01:17:56AM +0200, Matthias Elter wrote:
> > > > Sign me up for Slackware.
> > > >
> > > > KPP maintains a world-wide database of telecom providers and their
> > > > rates *and* ISPs and their dail-in settings for crying out loud. If
> > > > we can maintain that, can't we take care of those few different
> > > > setups?
> > >
> > > Those few different setups? Don't kid yourself.
> >
> > Okay, maybe I shouldn't have added that sarcasm. But I still think that
> > if we can maintain all the KPP stuff, we can also find the people willing
> > to write distribution specific stuff.
>
> cvs checkout kdeadmin.
>
> Have a look into that module. Mostly unmaintained and unuseable.
> Distribution independent? Try some kdeadmin modules on the latest Caldera,
> SuSE or Redhat. I don't see people willing to wirte distribution
> independent configuration tools. And you need lots of people for the shiny
> goal you have in mind.
That's why we only support the platforms we personally like, then we try to 
convince more distros to help us support theirs.  Some day, with any hope, 
they'll figure out it's to their best benefit to create their own backend.

And of course they won't figure it out, because rarely do distros know what 
to do best.  I think following the LSB was everyone's first mistake :)


-- 
Charles Samuels <charles@kde.org>
K Desktop Environment
"The people. Could you patent the sun?"
 -- Jonas E. Salk, when asked who owned the patent on his polio vaccine.

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