On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 12:31:19PM -0500, David Zeuthen wrote:
gconftool-2 already exists you can do this already; just write a
small
shell script, gpm-set-governor or whatever, and it'll already work. I
can't speak for Richard but if we do this thing of making g-p-m run in
the unusual cases when no-one is logged in, I'm pretty damn sure he
I think calling this an "unusual case" is the root cause of the difference
in viewpoints here.
gconf or whatever. The price you pay? Maybe you'll have to use
dedicated
command line tools instead of editing a file in /etc. Understand that
we, the developers of these bits, are actually trying to reach out and
make it easier for system administrators like yourself. Both sides gotta
give a little.
I *do* appreciate your development work on this. I just want to help you
understand an important segment of the "we" you mentioned before. This way
of doing things isn't merely old-fashioned -- it's got concrete advantages
which continue to be important to Linux as it moves forward.
I don't mind using dedicated command line tools to accomplish tasks -- I'm
fine with using chkconfig to manipulate runlevels, for example -- but the
problem with adding a bunch more of these sorts of thing is that each one
has its own new interface to learn (and relearn if you only do it
infrequently). A key=value config file, on the other hand, can be understood
immediately (particularly with decent comments).
And, you can fix it with any old rescue environment -- no need for fancy
tools. In the real world, that's *huge*.
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