-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Moser wrote on 10/02/13 23:52: > ... >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StartupSettings > > I wish I could un-see that second one. I'm completely baffled as > to what "startup software" is (I'd imagine that would be the > bootloader, kernel, systemd, all systemd/init scripts, and in > Ubuntu's case X11 as well, along with everything in /bin and /sbin > and /lib according to how Unix systems are lain out--everything > required for system start-up belongs there, while everything not > required for system start-up goes into /usr/)
Yes. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GracefulFailure> But the button's existence shouldn't be blocked on implementing repair of everything in the world. So long as no promises are made, fixing 10% of startup problems is better than fixing 0%. Filesystem location is irrelevant. > tbh repair systems are a good idea, but they belong in their own > place. If settings exist, people trying to fix problems are going to go into the settings UI anyway. A better place to offer automated repair of those settings and related software is unlikely. > Don't care for "Here is a dialog to configure X system aspect. > Also if your system is broken you can fix this part from here." > Where is the "Troubleshoot my system" dialog? > > ... Since neither the startup-specific one, nor the installation-specific one <http://goo.gl/gYbXr> have been implemented yet, I don't know why you'd expect a more general one to exist! Ubuntu is a brittle system: when anything goes wrong, it's bad at helping people recover. Someone who isn't a front-end developer, but wants to help with that problem in general, might start by setting up an automated system to fuzz-test config files. - -- mpt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlEbaPcACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecqESgCgmPWG452iGJ/oFC4+EkIfFw05 6mkAoJCucyApHXZo8lWTSEc9ZZCbjAwq =fKXj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
