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On Tuesday 14 May 2002 19:49, Mark Bainter wrote: |
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> In general, I don't think it's necessary to warn people about using it. If |
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> someone is interested in using a filesystem it's their responsibility to |
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> read about it first and make an educated decision. It's not the place of a |
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> few people to tell you what you shouldn't run, with the exception of proper |
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> labelling of experimental software. Giving links to more information about |
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> a filesystem is one thing, warning them away from using it seems to me a |
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> bad idea. |
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Well I think it's ok to tell people something like "I've had great problems |
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with that fs, here's a link to more info about it." This would go as a kind |
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reminder that there may be problems I think. But as it stands now it's worth |
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nothing. |
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> Unless of course you are shooting for the "Stupid User" segment of the |
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> population. |
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Well you don't need to be a filesystem guru to install gentoo so I think that |
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it's ok to warn about a filesystem _if_ and only if you do say why. |
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Alex |
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety |
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deserve neither liberty nor safety." |
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Benjamin Franklin |
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