Hi everyone.
In response to this email thread, I have filed the following RFEs to
document some ideas on how to make installadm easier to use:
6380 installadm enhancement: new subcommand to net-configure install server
6381 installadm should list exact dhcp server commands when needed
Thanks,
Jack
On 02/04/09 07:07, Dave Miner wrote:
> Jack Schwartz wrote:
>
>> Hi Dave.
>>
>> Thanks for your feedback. I see how my original email could have led
>> one to think: "Why 13 steps and 3 scripts? Seems like a step backward
>> from a usability standpoint." From your response as well as a few others
>> (which were verbal) I can see I need to clarify the intent (a specific
>> use) and general level of need (low) of these scripts, in order to
>> clarify the ease-of-use level of AI commands.
>>
>>
>
> And I'm afraid you misunderstand my comments. You've identified a use
> case which is not, apparently, handled well by the set of tools we've
> built so far. I don't object to the existence of the scripts *at the
> moment*, but what I don't want is them to turn into something that's
> used in lieu of the supported interfaces we've designed. Please examine
> what you've cooked up and file bugs and RFE's that are appropriate to
> cover these use cases so that these scripts can go away. That's all I'm
> asking for now.
>
> ...
>
>
>> As for general usability of AI, there is room for improvement, and Ethan
>> and others have been working on that. That said, it is much better than
>> my original email may have led some to believe. Hopefully, after this
>> email, the credibility of AI's commandline interface is restored.
>>
>>
>
> The usability of AI, and indeed all of our components, is something that
> each and every one of us is responsible for evaluating. Ethan's been
> assigned to look at this because I think it needs additional focus, but
> we all need to be asking ourselves all the time, "Is there a better
> solution to the problem?"
>
> Dave
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