> I was thinking that perhaps this might be a > decent Java application: you could write essentially the same code to > run locally in your Java-enabled kernel, and those with web sites that > mirror debian packages could use the same code (with a few modifications) > to run in Netscape across the net and find/display package info, so that > you could run the system ON the FTP site ... > Don't know how excited the sysadmins would be tho. > > Will > I think this is a very good idea - imagine when Debian is ported to other hardware platforms and (dreaming maybe) other OS's - one JAVA application could handle the installation regardless of Hardware and OS.
The only Kernel that would *have* to have Java support compiled in would be the one on the rescue disks. The system could install a different kernel that would not have JAVA support. What would *really* be nice would be a browser that had more capabilities than Lynx - yet still worked on a tty. Maybe provide FRAME support via a UI like that in QuarterDeck's (sp?) Manifest. The user with bare-minimum hardware could use Lynx - the user with SVGALIB support could use the new browser - someone with X could use Netscape or any other X-based browser. If all of the Debian Admin tools could be written in JAVA/CGI and put into HTML pages, this scenario would be pretty cool! Chuck -- Chuck Stickelman, Owner E-Mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Practical Network Design Voice: (419) 529-3841 9 Chambers Road FAX: (419) 529-3625 Mansfield, OH 44906-1302 USA -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .