Re: [PATCH] Remove special requirement to disable startup message.

[Richard Stallman]

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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.



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Dr Richard Stallman
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