Dropping authconfig TUI?

[seth vidal]

On Mon, 2005-08-01 at 10:28 -0600, Stephen J. Smoogen wrote:
> On 8/1/05, Tomas Mraz <tmraz at redhat.com> wrote:
> > I'm in process of refactoring and rewriting authconfig
> > (alias system-config-authentication).
> > 
> > The first step is rewriting most of the C code in Python. This should
> > allow much easier extensibility and refactoring possibilities.
> > 
> > I'd like to drop the Newt text UI from authconfig. The main reason isn't
> > the Python rewrite but future improvements which I'd like to do only in
> > GUI. The TUI has limited possibilities (especially the usable screen
> > size as it must be designed for 80x24 terminals).
> > 
> > This wouldn't mean that authconfig won't be usable without X display
> > because there still remains the command line interface with --
> > enable/disable options, which is IMO much more useful for experienced
> > sysadmins.
> > 
> 
> Well I do not have serious objections.. but I have found that the tui
> was much easier to use for most of my limited needs. Having a well
> documented command line tool though would be equivalent. I would also
> suggest that this be documented in a wider audience so it doesnt show
> up as the usual flame war about RH not telling anyone but a select
> audience what they are planning. It will instead be a flame-war about
> no TUI's for remote administration.
> 
> By the way, I have to write a bunch of python TUI's at my secure
> undisclosed location.. what would be the best packages to look at for
> pointers on doing this?

I use authconfig  in %post of kickstarts to setup things w/o having to
manually intervene. I don't care so much about the tui but I would hope
a scriptable/single-command option would be available w/o the need for
the X interface.

-sv