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Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:04:27 +0000
From: Simon Kenyon <simon@koala.ie>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] What are the goals for the architecture of an in-kernel
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Christoph Bartelmus wrote:
 > A user friendly GUI tool to configure the mapping of the remote 
buttons is
 > essential for good user experience. I hope noone here considers that 
users
 > learn command line or bash to configure their remotes.

oh please no
the major, major problem with bluetooth is that there is *only* a gui
the core system should use the command line and then a gui (or guis) can 
follow

 > Nobody is manually writing lircd.conf files. Of course you don't want 
the
 > user to know anything about the technical details unless you really 
want
 > to get your hands dirty.

speak for yourself

 > If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

i have been hacking lirc for *so many years* because i needed two 
separate serial inputs. so that is most assuredly broken
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