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Re: [PATCH] Remove special requirement to disable startup message.
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Mark Oteiza |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Remove special requirement to disable startup message. |
Date: |
Fri, 25 Dec 2015 11:24:37 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.5.24+44 (9480a363a68a) (2015-08-30) |
On 25/12/15 at 12:48am, Richard Stallman wrote:
> Your argument is based on a goal, uniformity, that is merely
> desirable -- not important.
>
> It is good to make things parallel, when there is no reason to do
> otherwise. We think about uniformity so that we don't careelessly
> make things non-parallel.
>
> But that's never important enough to change something
> which is the way it is for a real reason.
>
> > > So that sysadmins will think twice before disabling the message for
> > > their users.
>
> > Are there sites that disable the message?
>
> I found out about one; that's why I added that code.
> As to how many there are, I don't know. It is not worth the trouble
> to find out. That code works, and it causes no trouble to anyone
> _except_ a sysadmin who wants to disable that message for other people.
>
> I'm explaining the reasons for this code so people will
> understand. We're not going to change the code.
Thank you for explaining.
Merry Grav-Mass!
- [PATCH] Remove special requirement to disable startup message., Mark Oteiza, 2015/12/19
- Re: [PATCH] Remove special requirement to disable startup message., Richard Stallman, 2015/12/23
- Re: [PATCH] Remove special requirement to disable startup message., Mark Oteiza, 2015/12/23
- Re: [PATCH] Remove special requirement to disable startup message., Eli Zaretskii, 2015/12/23
- Re: [PATCH] Remove special requirement to disable startup message., Richard Stallman, 2015/12/25
- Re: [PATCH] Remove special requirement to disable startup message., Random832, 2015/12/24
Re: [PATCH] Remove special requirement to disable startup message., Eli Zaretskii, 2015/12/20