Bug 248259 - Discuss Configuration Tools
Summary: Discuss Configuration Tools
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: pirut
Version: 7
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeremy Katz
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-07-14 14:19 UTC by Martin Jürgens
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:12 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2007-08-04 19:03:16 UTC
Type: ---
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
gnome-app-install (81.22 KB, image/png)
2007-08-04 12:42 UTC, Martin Jürgens
no flags Details
synaptic (47.25 KB, image/png)
2007-08-04 12:42 UTC, Martin Jürgens
no flags Details

Description Martin Jürgens 2007-07-14 14:19:59 UTC
Linux and especially Fedora is more and more used as a desktop operating system
for end users.

This creates new conditions how Fedora should be. On the one hand, there are
administrators, which want to have powerful GUI configuration applications.

On the other hand, there is a new aspect, the end user. He probably does not
know what IPv6 and other things are and just wants to configure a printer. Other
use case would be the yum frontend. System administrators have other
exceptations than end users. I think that Ubuntu does this very good and I will
attach screenshots soon.

I am of the opinion that we somehow have to make both groups happy.

One way is to create seperate configuration tools for both groups, but I do not
like that. An other, easy possibility would be to make a button "advanced" which
shows hidden options.

This Feature Request is not very specified yet, but maybe we can discuss about
the problem and possible solutions. Please file this bug report against the
fitting component, I did not find one fitting.

Comment 1 Martin Jürgens 2007-08-04 12:42:05 UTC
I am going to attach two screenshots of Ubuntu's package management applications.

One of gnome-app-install, the application for end-users and one of synaptic
which is for experienced users and more powerful.

Comment 2 Martin Jürgens 2007-08-04 12:42:35 UTC
Created attachment 160692 [details]
gnome-app-install

Comment 3 Martin Jürgens 2007-08-04 12:42:51 UTC
Created attachment 160693 [details]
synaptic

Comment 4 Ray Strode [halfline] 2007-08-04 19:03:16 UTC
Hi Martin,

This sort of discussion isn't really suited for a bug report.  Bug reports are
for specific problems.  This kind of discussion is better to bring up on the
mailing list, and once some conclusions have been made then individual, specific
bug reports can get filed.


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