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Subject: Re: feature idea - feedback wanted
From: David Faure <David.Faure () insa-lyon ! fr>
Date: 1999-02-15 8:40:25
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On Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 02:57:34PM -0800, Alex Zepeda wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Patrick D. Dowler wrote:
>
> > It would be a BIG mistake for core KDE components to lose
> > the current (pretty good) cross-platform capabilities. As such,
> > sys admin tools should not be part of the KDE (the desktop).
>
> Yes and no. There are some things that require getting rather intimate
> with the kernel or other OS specific bits to accomplish.
>
> > There could be KDE-aware or KDE-enhanced or KDE-whatever
> > sys admin tools, but I think they should be kept separate (in the
> > source code at least). Those who make binary packages for specific
> > systems can include the appropriate tools as they see fit.
>
> What I'd like to propose is some sort of kde-favoriteos module for each
> specific OS. I imagine that most likely there would be three, Linux,
> *BSD, and SunOS 4.x (Obviously more if we have a bunch of say HP-UX
> hackers around here).
I think this is a bad idea. It was already discussed before, you'll end up
with lots of problems (because some programs might run on Linux AND *BSD,
others on SunOS and Linux, ... and so on)
Look at the approach that autoconf has : it doesn't have a hardcoded list
of what exists on what OS, but it tests for it, so if a new system uses
something that already existed before, you'll be able to use the tool for
it without having to update such a list.
I think it's better to add admin tools to kdeadmin, with checks in
configure to know whether each tool must be compiled under a given OS.
This is already the approach used by lots of programs among the kde CVS -
such as kppp, ksirc, or in kdeadmin : kdat.
> Alas, I think coolo would not be thrilled to have zeus used as a dumping
> ground like this however...
>
> > There are a few things which are system tools but are also more
> > or less platform independent (kdm, for example). That could be a
> > special case.
And there are tools like kcmbind, which I think can run on any system
having named, right ? Not an OS specific thing, but still a sysadmin tool.
Same for ksamba.
There will be lots of sysadmin GUIs for such quasi-OS-independent programs,
and only some for OS specific things (network config, ipfwadm, hum what
else ?)
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