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On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 10:44:30AM +0100, sky@xxxxxxx.xxx said:
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> mmmmmmmmm, I could just feel the intense hate all the way over the pond=
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> to London! Why are installers and installing software such a pain, why=20
> does all package systems suck, why do you get interactive shell scripts=
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> everywhere, I am ready to buy your explanation that people writing=20
> installation software are sadists. Maybe we should just be lucky that=20
> we don't need to fire up X and press a randomly appearing button after=20
> every stage in the install process.
Add to this list Oracle's ocfstool (required to manage their ocfs shared
filesystem stuff for Oracle 9i cluster). It _requires_ an X11 server (or
work-alike) to run. This is software required for the maintenance and
installation of database clusters. It requires a GUI. a _UNIX_ GUI.
=2E..
(oh, and this is for the Linux version too, since I know Solaris ships with
CDE and X and all the many shiny GUI things by default.)
Anybody who creates server software tools that _require_ a GUI (no
command-line option available for ocfstool, even though you MUST RUN IT to =
do
things like edit /etc/fstab properly - I suppose 'vi /etc/fstab' just won't
work for them ...) should be taken out back and slapped until they can't see
straight, then forced to click a mouse with each hand until their fingers
fall off.
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Scott Francis || darkuncle (at) darkuncle (dot) net
illum oportet crescere me autem minui
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