[Portland] why not a CLI?

[Dan Kegel]

On 3/3/06, Ian Murdock <imurdock at imurdock.com> wrote:
> I've gone back through the archives and read up on the current dapi
> work, and my first question (which I'm surprised no one else has
> asked) is: Why is dapi not just a bunch of scripts that provide a
> desktop-independent CLI to the various desktop-dependent mechanisms?

I agree.
I think the API proponents will say "because you can do more with an API",
but in a lot of situations, a simple CLI interface is much, much easier to use.
Maybe we need both.
- Dan

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