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On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 09:19:14PM +0100 or thereabouts, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> Which is why I'm discouraging -@GROUPS for people who don't know what |
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> they're doing. Although, if you understand how it works, it's entirely |
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> obvious... |
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This is a key point. I would hope that we don't make architectural |
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decisions that cater to those users who don't know what they're doing. |
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Gentoo has historically been a distro targeted at users who *do* know what |
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they're doing. |
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That's not to say we can't help those who are newer to linux (perhaps |
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warning messages or something if -@GROUP is used?) but the functionality |
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should assume a savvy user. |
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That's purely my opinion and it's bound to piss at least one person off. |
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Let the flames begin. |
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--kurt |
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