Feature changed by: Stanislav Visnovsky
Feature #305144, revision 7
Title: Yast as a Linux learning tool
- openSUSE-11.1: Evaluation
+ openSUSE-11.1: Rejected by Stanislav Visnovsky
+ reject date: 2008-09-11 11:59:56
+ reject reason: Postponing.
Priority
Requester: Desirable
openSUSE-11.2: Evaluation
Priority
Requester: Desirable
SLED-11-SP1: New
Priority
Requester: Important
SLES-11-SP1: New
Priority
Requester: Important
Requested by: Alexey Eremenko
Requested by: Matthias Eckermann
Partner organization: openSUSE.org
Description:
Hi All !
I Have very good new idea: converting Yast into a Linux learning tool.
This is very simple to achieve: Yast must show the commands it executes
and files it modifies, in a nice GUI dialog.
It will allow all kinds of Linux users understand how things really
work. Enable learn new things or remind how old-but-forgotten things
work for seasoned people.
Great, isn't it ?
P.S. Jay Vollmer recommends, that among the commands that Yast shows as
it executing, it should also recommend "man pages" for the relevant
underlying commands.
-- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov", 29.jul.2008.
Discussion:
#1: Alexey Eremenko (2008-07-29 12:09:11)
Rajko M. wrote:
If one wants to see what is gong on in background, than look at logs in
realtime. There is console (Konsole) and command tail. Run as root:
tail -f /var/log/YaST2/y2log
and then start YaST and play with.
-- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov", 29.jul.2008.
#2: Jerry Houston (2008-07-29 15:41:34)
Sounds like a great way for new users to learn more about what's under
the hood. Or, what's under the bonnet, for the Brits.
#3: Cyril Hrubis (2008-07-31 07:11:21)
Moving to maintainers to decide.
#7: Federico Lucifredi (2008-08-01 19:35:40)
It is kinda late for 11.1, but it is an idea worth pursuing.
#8: Michael Loeffler (2008-08-15 16:32:56)
agreeing with Federico this might be to late for 11.1 but should be
accomplished with 11.2
+ #9: Stanislav Visnovsky (2008-09-11 11:59:01)
+ What we will have for 11.1 is the infrastructure for YaST modules to
+ write this information into /var/log/YaST2/y2changes log file. So far,
+ no YaST module has support for this, but it can be added gradually.
+ Thus, postponing for 11.2.
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openSUSE Feature:
https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305144