Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 10:28:41 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: nate@rocky.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Cc: terry@lambert.org, nate@rocky.sri.MT.net, kelly@fsl.noaa.gov, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports startup scripts Message-ID: <199509261728.KAA07825@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199509260349.VAA12578@rocky.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Sep 25, 95 09:49:43 pm
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> > An easy argument to make, with no administrative utilities present, but > > not a valid one. > > Until decent administrative utilities are present, it will continue to > be a requirement of a 'normal' user. Don't put the cart before the > horse. The horse is a machine-administratable setup (which is what I'm arguing for) that pulls the tool cart behind it. If I write an administration tool that uses a particular layout, will you modify the layout to conform to the tools needs? That seems to be the only argument that will make the layout the "cart" and the tools the "horse". Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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