Re: [OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch hooks

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Suffield <address@hidden> writes:

    Andrew> "Can't learn, won't learn" -> "Don't care"

Nope.  That's the point of the *BSD example: I don't know
/etc/makefiles/*.mk (or whatever it is from a pair of holes in the
ground---but learning about those is a lot more attractive than
learning enough about debbumf to get what I want done done.

    Andrew> Really, we don't. We're going to keep trying to get the
    Andrew> best result we can; this necessitates that we do things in
    Andrew> ways that other people don't.

It depends on whether you define "best result" as "fewest bug reports"
or "most successful installs by potheads and other folks with the
intelligence of a 5-year-old household appliance" or "happy hackers."

    Andrew> [Your argument basically reduces to "Debian should do
    Andrew> things in the manner I'm familiar with"]

Yup.  With a coefficient of importance somewhere between zero and one.
Based on your "black/white" teleology, it has to be zero or one.  I'm
asking for something in the middle.  In particular, if it's gonna be
evil, at least let it be a devil I know!


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