Re: [TCLUG:15481] Faeriedist

[<Nick.T.Reinking@supervalu.com>]

Chris is having me forward this on:


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04/03/2000 02:56 PM ---------------------------


chrisp@dusk.bitstream.net, on 04/03/2000 02:23:42 PM
To: Nick.T.Reinking@supervalu.com @ PMDF
cc:  
Subject: Re: [TCLUG:15481] Faeriedist

Nick,

Pass this on to TCLUG if you would please.

> carls@agritech.com, on 04/03/2000 02:52:59 PM

>         what I'd *really* like to see are fully man-based docs. no digging
> through "info" pages or scattered text docs, or (horror) HTML docs (when one
> doesn't have an HTML browser installed). 
>         HTML-ized docs irk me, because one needs a local copy of at least
> Lynx in order to view them (easily). on a headless server, this is anything
> but guaranteed.

help(1) would detect that you don't have an HTML reader and convert to
ASCII instead, then run that through less. Also, standard man and info
aren't going anywhere, don't sweat that.


>         how about some sort of "database" of information that a web browser
> could query; and be linked to all these information resources on the local
> system; and, if allowed, information on other systems? (have you ever wanted
> information on a certain app; but not had it [and it's accompanying docs]
> installed?)

That's the idea.


>         maybe I'm just paranoid, but web-based configurators *really* worry
> me as a possible security hole...

Of course, which is why it would be entirely optional and turn-offable.
Some measures would be taken to secure it as much as that was possible.

>         as long as they're in concordance with LSB (Linux Standard Base)
> guidelines...

The LSB is incomplete and largely meaningless. I already read their spec,
it was a waste of paper.


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