also sprach Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.08.23.1659 +0100]: > This means you're suggesting a whole new aspect of functionality > to be introduced to udev, because udev is currently, AFAIK, only > for creating device nodes under /dev/.
cat /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules > >Like a HAL interface, or a socket, so we can have GNOME/KDE > >applications easily configure networks on laptops. > > Why is a socket better than proper UNIX-way command-line > interface? (Proper UNIX-way includes producing machine-friendly > output.) One does not prevent the other. It's better because the command line is not really event-driven, nor is it always easy to work with permissions. > As for me, I would personally prefer starting a new project like > netconf in C or some other imperative language rather than > contributing to ifupdown -- I'm not very good with the concept of > literal programming. I believe that a good, solid programming > style allows to express an algorithm better than paragraphs of > prose. (That's just my personal opinion.) I want to use Python for netconf and possibly later port it to C++. Definitely *not* C. But that's me, and the above is just talk. If you disagree, use C. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "the perfect gun is an idealist without any ideal." -- mc 900 ft jesus
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