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Feature changed by: Stanislav Visnovsky <visnov@novell.com> Feature #305144, revision 7 Title: Yast as a Linux learning tool - openSUSE-11.1: Evaluation + openSUSE-11.1: Rejected by Stanislav Visnovsky <visnov@novell.com> + 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 <al4321@gmail.com> Requested by: Matthias Eckermann <mge@novell.com> 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 <al4321@gmail.com> (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 <jerry.houston@comcast.net> (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 <chrubis@novell.com> (2008-07-31 07:11:21) Moving to maintainers to decide. #7: Federico Lucifredi <flucifredi@novell.com> (2008-08-01 19:35:40) It is kinda late for 11.1, but it is an idea worth pursuing. #8: Michael Loeffler <michl@novell.com> (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 <visnov@novell.com> (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. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/?rm=feature_show&id=305144