Re: [Syllable-developer] Thought

[Nicolai H. <pre...@gm...>]

On Wednesday 31 July 2002 11:50, Daryl Dudey wrote:
> Quick thought.
>
> What about a straw poll on whether I should incorporate the code for
> ifconfig/route directly in the net prefs app. I suppose it will increase
> its power by allowing it more direct control over interfaces. It could
> do away with the net_init.sh script then.
>
> Don't want it getting too top heavy though and doing stuff outside of
> its scope.

Since some people would probably still want to access functions like 
ifconfig via the console for bug hunting and whatever, this could lead to 
unnecessary duplication of code (and thus bugs).
However, creating a script in a GUI app, then parsing that script again to 
call other programs seems a bit like overkill, too.

What about putting all the code necessary to manipulate the configuration 
and the code for the meat part of ifconfig & co. into a library? This way, 
both the GUI app and CLI apps can reuse the same code.

Just my €0.02

cu,
Nicolai