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Re: [OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch hooks
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Andrew Suffield |
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Re: [OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch hooks |
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Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:11:42 +0100 |
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On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 01:12:01PM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> >>>>> "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.
Well, there's your problem. And well... it's *your* problem.
> 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."
None of the above. Most reliable, effective system in intelligent
hands. I can't remember the last time there wasn't a "right" answer to
a given problem.
> 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
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Straw man.
> asking for something in the middle. In particular, if it's gonna be
> evil, at least let it be a devil I know!
If that solution is inferior, tough.
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- Re: [OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch hooks, (continued)
- Re: [OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch hooks, Andrew Suffield, 2003/10/03
- Re: [OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch hooks, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/03
- Re: [OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch hooks, Andrew Suffield, 2003/10/03
- Re: [OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch hooks, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/04
- Re: [OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch hooks, Andrew Suffield, 2003/10/04
- Re: [OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch hooks, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/05
- Re: [OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch hooks, Andrew Suffield, 2003/10/05
- Re: [OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch hooks, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/07
- Re: [OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch hooks, Andrew Suffield, 2003/10/07
- Re: [OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch hooks, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/08
- Re: [OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch hooks,
Andrew Suffield <=
- Re: [OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Arch hooks, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/09
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Arch hooks, Tobias C. Rittweiler, 2003/10/02