Re: Configuration tools

[Christopher Blizzard <blizzard appliedtheory com>]

John Kodis wrote:
> 
> I wondered what tools the KDE and Gnome folks plan on using for system
> configuration tasks such as maintaining the passwd file, the fstab
> file, and so on.  There seem to be a number of viable alternatives in
> this area.  Offhand, I can think of at least three:
> 
>   - COAS, at http://www.coas.org/
>   - Linuxconf
>   - the Dotfile Generator
> 
> A big win would be to find an approach that would allow the KDE
> developers to set up a Qt-based front end, the Gnome developers to set
> up a Gtk-based front end, and the actual configuration modules could
> be set up to interoperate with either front end.  I know that at least
> COAS would allow such an inter-project cooperative approach.
> 
> -- John Kodis.
> 

Probably COAS is viable for this.  It seperates ( I think ) presentation
from function.  However COAS is not yet all there so Linuxconf looks
like the option.  I know that there's a linuxconf utility in the Gnome
CVS tree.

--Chris

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