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On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 06:37:20 -0400 |
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Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On 3/20/2014 5:48 PM, »Q« <boxcars@×××.net> wrote: |
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> > Why should Gentoo have a default? |
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> Defaults are always a good idea - as long as they are reasonable and |
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> rational. |
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In that case, Gentoo is missing a lot of "good" things, from a default |
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system logger to a default desktop environment. |
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AFAICS, the benefit of defaults, provided they're reasonable, is that |
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they remove the burden of making choices from the user. But I keep |
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reading that Gentoo is all about user choice. |
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> > ISTM the only good reason is that not having a default would make |
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> > the documentation a lot more complicated. |
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> Documentation, *and* the install process itself. |
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I'm not seeing that at all. |