The Strengths and Weakness of Fedora/RHEL OS management

[Shane Stixrud]

On Sun, 2 Apr 2006, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:

>>> Again, if you think the problem is on the user side you've already lost
>>> it.
>>
>> That's interesting.... others said the problem was on the user side... and
>> you are saying its on the programmers side...
>
> The problem is on the user side
> The solution is on the programmers side.
>
> Which is why analysing the problem from the software writer POW (generic
> API) won't get us anywhere

Now you are just talking double talk.

What is YOUR solution for a unversal process for managing / editing 
configuration files programatically? (Let me guess, hand over eyes... 
what problem??)

How can we improve revision control for system config changes (Let me 
guess, isn't that what tape backups are for?).

How can we improve the documentation of what configuration changes have 
been made and why. i.e. the "receipy" for a given systems functionality. 
(Let me guess, isn't that what tape backups and 3 ring binders are for?).

Can we have a Linux configuration system that predictable and editable 
with simple methods/tools where these methods/tools do not need to change 
based on how applications decide to layout their config data (Let me 
guess, NO, that is crazy talk.....)

Cheers,
Shane