Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Anderson <address@hidden> writes:

    Robert> Maybe a better question is: Is the "tagline" name for the
    Robert> mode misleading new users and turning them towards less
    Robert> desirable defaults before they know what they really want?

s/desirable/general/

As for the question, I don't think it misleads anybody.  There are a
number of people (who in the most obstinate cases have been given
_personal invitations_ to come check out arch ;-) who have very strong
opinions about their needs, and they find some of the implications of
tagline undesirable.  I don't see much argument about tagline from
most people.  What's the problem?

    Robert> Maybe it should be called something else? "mixed" mode,
    Robert> perhaps?

Definitely not that.  Mixed mode operation (some files explicitly
tagged, others containing taglines) is probably a bad idea.


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