[maemo-developers] What category should network filesystems like OpenAFS go under?

[From: Graham Cobb]

On Saturday 08 November 2008 08:56:28 Andrew Flegg wrote:
> No, it's not wagging the dog. If a user needs to open a terminal,
> create a configuration file and run something from the command line; I
> *strongly* believe it's outside the scope of the Application Manager.
>
> Since there's a requirement to use the terminal to configure it, it is
> no extra step to require the user to use apt-get to install it.

I see your point but I don't quite agree.  Xterm is a standard part of the 
tablet and I think command line utilities have a place in AppMgr.  An obvious 
example is ssh!  And possibly most of the applications which will go into the 
developer tools category.

I don't think we really want to be encouraging people to use apt-get, 
particularly while "apt-get upgrade" can break your system.

But I do think that there should be a category specifically for command line 
tools so that people who do not use the command line don't have to waste time 
on them.  And I also agree that a GUI configuration dialogue for a system 
tool is much better than expecting someone to edit a config file.

Graham