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This is what Luke at Mon, May 13, 2002 at 05:58:51PM +1000 wrote: |
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> > > > An example is with Inetd/Xinetd. These two programs have the same |
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> > > > function, but wildly different configuration file formats. Now how |
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> > > > should the telnet daemon be installed? Should it give an example of how |
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> > > > it should be installed in inetd syntax, or xinetd syntax? So if it |
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> > > > tells me how to install telnet into inetd, but I'm running xinetd, it |
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> > > > doesn't help me as much as if it were in xinetd syntax. |
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> > > Learn one. Use it. Go on with your life. |
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> > Which one? |
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> I dont bloody know! Whatever you think is good! I dont know which is better |
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> out of mplayer or xine... I just chose one. If it didnt do what I wanted, Id |
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> try the other. |
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And if the other was worse, I'd flip back. On a whim. |
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> > What if I want to use one that the maintainer of a package hates? |
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> The maintainer of the ebuild? Who cares what they think??? |
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If they depend on the other choice, I care. |
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> I just think that wanting to write |
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I program for relaxation. Do you have a problem with that? |
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> (or more likely, wanting someone else to |
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> write) |
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I'll write it. It's just my time is a little pressured right now. It may take |
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longer than expected. |
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> a big complex tool just so you can swap back and forth between inetd |
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> and xinetd on a whim, is a little bit silly. |
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Being able to choose out of a set of alternatives, and change that choice |
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whenever I want, is silly? |
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