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On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 15:53 -0500, wa7nwp@jnos.org wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I'm building an easy to install JNOS "virtual" packet machine for</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">XP aimed at the local Washington Digital EmCom group.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">First step was to move all the config files into one place - %NOS%/etc.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hunting between the root and spool directories was never ideal and</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I'm already liking the setup better now.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I think it makes sense to add .txt or .nos extensions to the name to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">make them easier to edit in the windows environments, which is the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">primary target for this package. It's not the Unix way but it</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">doesn't hurt anything there either.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Comments in general on the move of files and renaming?</FONT>
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In general - I do prefer the idea of moving configuration into .../etc directory - I prefer the file structure more like unix and like material filed together.<BR>
I also prefer to create that structure at initialization time until (if ever) the distribution comes with the new structure. The sysop gains day-by-day if his work is not fragmented from the approach he likes.<BR>
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In general - I don't favor the idea of renaming any of the configuration files.<BR>
That is not to say I like the naming convention invented many years ago - I prefer to not remember two (or more) names for the same function. It's a Pandora's Box type issue just from my perspective. Unless you update all documentation and code comments?<BR>
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Both issues are based on "work to maintain up-to-date installs". I favor avoiding errors by making fewer changes at the time of upgrade. Any file that does not change from rev-to-rev is a good file... That includes .c and .h files too. The author has the responsibility for distributions, changing distribution files is like cutting the grass - the job is never "done".
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Some config files will have to be customized by the end user. I think</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I'll release those with something like ".ex" on the file name. Users</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">will rename by removing the ".ex" after editing. Other files can</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">be used without editing. Maybe naming them as ".std" will work so</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">all the user has to do is rename them. The initial install is easy,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">it's the updates when we don't want to overwrite changes that gets</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">tricky.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I'll probably completely ifdef out the nos.cfg file to save space.</FONT>
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Hmmm - optimization of resource by human labor expense. The on-going saga of computer life. If you have the time...<BR>
It sounds like Maiko is looking ahead to PERHAPS porting into a WIN platform where this type of optimization is meaningless?<BR>
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Please don't interpret my opinion as critical to your efforts - your priorities solve best with your choice of actions / not mine.<BR>
My holy grail is to do the job once and be done with it.
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I hope to have the first release on a CD-Rom with all the Airmail</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">and Winlink2000 software for our regional APRS Summer Gathering this</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">weekend: <A HREF="http://nwaprs.info/sg.htm">http://nwaprs.info/sg.htm</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Bill - WA7NWP</FONT>
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