[opensuse] Re: [opensuse-factory] Re: service ntp
Carlos E. R. wrote:
That is more complicated than the old sysconfig method in YaST. No manual reading was required. It even seems less configurable (users to skip).
I have seen several posts referring people to documentation about how to configure tmp dir clearing, the old sysconfig way - which of course, does not work. The variables in "/etc/sysconfig/cron" still exist, and there is no mention in the config files that they do not work. So people try them.
I have noticed there have been several changes, over the past couple of years, that break things but are not mentioned. As you mentioned, the new method is often inferior to the old. Then we get to problems that have come in with 12.x, some of which are still with us. For example, I now experiences periods of a few minutes, where my disk drive is very busy and the computer is unresponsive to keyboard and mouse. There's also XDMCP which last worked with 11.4. I don't have a problem with change, provided it actually improves something. It's shouldn't break anything, unless well document with the new procedure. Change because someone thinks something is "cool" cannot be justified, when it all too often causes more problems than it supposedly fixes. Last I checked, Dovecot and Apparmor, is but one example of something that remains broken. Lets not forget, many people use openSUSE in a business environment, where things breaking is not acceptable. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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James Knott