On Saturday 11 May 2002 07:05, Ben Rosenberg wrote: Man those poor dead horses sure get it this week... So: SuSE decided to ditch the whole rc.config structure. In the process they decided that adapting YaST to this new situation would be too much work, so they decided to put it to rest. Now, lots of people have expressed unhappiness with that decision. And while I sympathize, I fully understand SuSE's position in this matter. But in reality, what people are missing is basically the bits of YaST1 that work as a combined ftp-client/rpm-frontend... and since someone already posted a solution (just install yast from 7.3, and use it for this purpose) I fail to see the relevance of this discussion. I mean: The debate as to whether or not yast is like speech or beer, is irrelevant. The source is available, and if someone feels the need to rebuild yast so it will handle the new sysconfig structure... they should just go ahead and do it! After all, someone who is about to undertake such an endeavor, is unlikely to start distributing the result, and charge for it... right? Happy coding ;) It's just that, what with all the feedback SuSE's gotten over this, I'm guessing that modules for Yast2 providing just that (ftp/rpm-frontend), will be available to us long before YaST1 ever knows what's in /etc/sysconfig... If anyone feels that this issue is worth ditching SuSE over... well, it's a free world (as in speech, not beer)
I don't care about what others "think" the yast license is. If one doesn't like it..go take RH up on their $10 change offer and lets kill this damn tired ass thread. Myself and many others are so damn tired of it. If one doesn't like it..tough.
My sentiment exactly. This is another dead horse, let the poor thing RIP... Let's start seeing threads like 'YaST1 reconstruction: How does <whatever> do <whatever>' instead... .02 cl free speech Jon Clausen -- .signature ;)