Benji Weber wrote:
On 24/11/2007, Chris Worley <worleys@gmail.com> wrote:
My $.02:
Yast does not need redesigned from scratch.
Every application has issues, and every newbie programmer wants to start over from scratch. When they finish, they want to start over again. "The grass is always greener on the other side" (stateside saying). Add that to every newbie programmer wants to write "the perfect programming language", and you know how to spot youthful exuberance.
And if you, (or anyone else) had actually bothered to read the proposal you would realise that this is a proposal for redesigning the UI for the control centre, just a shell which lets people choose a
The original post said "Radical redesign" That implies a hell of a lot more than just a cosmetic change of the UI.
YaST module. A re-write of yast or changing the package management system, or moving to a web UI etc were not even mentioned. This might be as simple as picking an off-the-shelf browser such as system-settings or its gnome equivalent, or writing a very simple application.
The primary concern has been how to organise and show the existing YaST modules so that people can find what they're looking for easily. This isn't about re-writing YaST.
The original post said it was. We've all been arguing that the changes SHOULD BE RESTRICTED to cosmetic changes.
This hasn't stopped lots of people on the list from creating completely off-topic discussion though.
You need to go back and read the original post.
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