On 13/02/2008, Duncan Mac-Vicar P. <dmacvicar@suse.de> wrote:
I completely agree,
But I don't think mixing kcontrol with YaST is the way to go. You can't say YaST is a monster and suggest to make it even more confusing.
YaST is right now complex because a desktop user does not care about having the cluster setup together (or at the same level of importance / visibility) with setting up a printer or adding a software repository, and that is what we have to fix.
It is important to organise the modules well, In my opinion, though ,the fact that: - It is implemented with YaST platform - It requires administrator privileges Should not dictate where the user finds some particular configuration options within the desktop, as neither are things that are immediately obvious. At the moment if the user wants to change the time he or she has to either realise that it is a YaST module, or that it requires root privileges and so decide to look in YaST control centre to find the option. With something like kiwi it's less obvious that either condition applies. Just because some things require higher privileges should not dictate the users' workflow. Authorisation can be obtained when required, preferably as late as possible. I suspect the only way to actually find where the best place to expose settings is is to sit some people without even knowledge of the existence of YaST down at a blank desktop with some configuration tasks, and see where they try and locate them. -- Benjamin Weber -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: yast-devel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: yast-devel+help@opensuse.org