Re: System administration tool

[John Kodis <kodis jagunet com>]

On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 11:45:37PM -0500, Dave Stagner wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 11:20:27PM -0400, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> > 
> > That is, we need a configuration engine used by all the Linux
> > distributions, and ideally one that various pieces of software
> > (such as Gnome) can use directly.
> 
> I'm glad you like it.  :} And i agree, this is something that
> (assuming it works out and isn't just vaporware) i would like to see
> as a standard for Linux distributions, and useful for other unices
> as well.  I think the real heart of my design is the XML
> configuration files.

I don't understand how this project differs from or overlaps with the
other fairly mature "Grand Unified Configuration Tools" such as COAS
(http://www.coas.org) and Linuxconf (sorry, no URL).

-- John Kodis.