Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (599 mails)

[Christian Boltz <opensuse@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

Am Donnerstag, 17. August 2006 08:12 schrieb Adrian Schröter:
> Am Wednesday 16 August 2006 18:42 schrieb Christian Boltz:
> > Am Mittwoch, 16. August 2006 16:44 schrieb Andreas Jaeger:
[...]
> > > * Move to GNOME 2.16
> > >
> > >   The packagers have started already with the first packages, we
> > > want to discuss the timeframe for the move and the move of GNOME
> > > to /usr (from /opt/gnome).
> >
> > Hmm, what's the reason for this?
>
> In general it is a request by the LSB/FHS group.

OK, that's a valid reason.

> > BTW: Will KDE be moved also?
>
> KDE 3 will not be moved, because this would cause compatibility and
> update problems. But KDE 4 will be installed to /usr as well later.

Good idea to do it this way ;-)

> > > * SuSEconfig removal
[...]
> > What's the replacement for config files that are _generated_ by
> > SuSEconfig? (as in: including /etc/sysconfig/foo is impossible for
> > the respective application)  -> You won't be able to do this in rpm
> > postinstall scripts or alike ;-)
[...]
> c) use /etc/sysconfig direct from runlevel scripts or applications.

Hmm, this way several config files (KDM, Postfix, Apache...) will need 
to be rebuilt each time the application is started. Unless I miss 
something, I don't consider this a good idea ;-)

> > Hint: KMail / Evolution should come with the local
> > /var/spool/mail/$user mailbox preconfigured.
>
> not needed, because YaST asks during installation to whom these root
> mails should get forwarded.

I think you missed my point ;-)

Yes, the root mails are forwarded to a user. There's no problem with 
this.

But it isn't obvious for beginners how to retreive these mails.
(Advanced users know they have to read /var/spool/mail/username, 
beginners probably don't.)

My proposal: KMail, evolution and Thunderbird [1] should come with the 
local mailbox account /var/spool/mail/username preconfigured so that 
system mails will be received "automatically".


Regards,

Christian Boltz

[1] no need in mutt, poeple using it probably know about 
    /var/spool/mail ;-)
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