Ben and Colin said.... On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 05:33:19PM +1000, David Pastern wrote: > Ben said: > > excellent advice. in fact, i found myself in an involuntary chuckle before i > got to the end of it. it's great to read that someone whose cunning (welches > wissen (?)) i respect has the same opinion of dselect and tasksel. maybe the > banishing of those two crapapples would help demystify debian for many more > tentative users. > > ben > > I'll put my 2 bobs worth in here: > > I disagree to some extent with your comments Ben. Both tasksel and debconf > are tools. Nothing more and nothing less. What you are saying is you don't > like tools, and would rather do things the hard way (I agree generally > better, you learn more and more reliable than an auto tool - I admit that).
Actually, I don't think that's what Ben is saying. If my telepathy's working properly this morning, he's saying he wants better and more co-operative tools. aptitude is the usual candidate here, since it's shaping up to be able to replace both dselect and tasksel. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] yes you're most probably right Colin. I didn't mean it as a slight on Ben. More of a rant on tools ;-) hehehe. I did say better tools would be much appreciated. hehehe, we all want them, but someone has to develop them. If i knew more about linux i'd help re-write all the man pages to help newbies better understand them. If I knew how to program (maybe in a few years...*fingers crossed*) i'd be trying to help out with kernel hacking or general applications/bug fixes. Give back to the open source community. We have a awesome chance here to combine our intelligence and thinking might and make a system that is to the betterment of all. That's why I cheer when governments get rid of microsoft or other proprietary systems and decide on open source. It's a good move. Linux is not for everyday people yet. It still has a long way to go, but geesus it's come a long way. One day I might help make better tools :) Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]