Server SIG - work areas

[Les Mikesell]

Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:

>>  - work on the TUI counterparts of GUI system-config-* tools, should go
>> in hand with the backend/frontend separation
> 
> Just thinking aloud: By "TUI" you mean command line apps with a 
> interactive, ncurses-like interface?
> 
> Are those really worth the work? I for one (and a lot of other linux 
> users I know) either use graphical configuration Tools (with or without 
> remote forwarding) or (if there is no graphical environment or in 
> scripts) simple command line configuration tools (without an interactive 
> interface) -- I doubt a third way in the middle (and a second one for 
> text mode configuration) makes much sense. Improving some of the command 
> line configuration tools (those without an interactive interface) OTOH 
> might.
> 
> But well, maybe that just my odd point of view.

Having x libs installed and running remotely probably isn't a big deal 
for most servers, but it does add a lot more gunk to keep updated. 
However, if there are not text mode alternatives for all of the 
system-config-* tools, all of the magic they do needs to be documented 
to the point that everyone can manage with equivalent edits to the 
underlying config files and snippets under /etc/sysconfig.  That is, it 
should be feasible for someone to manually manage a machine initially 
following such documentation, then later choose to use yum to pull in 
the GUI tools and have them find all of the settings in the right places.

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   Les Mikesell
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