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On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Ian Zimmerman <itz@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Why |
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> should I have to learn all that huge amount of information, crowding out |
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> things I actually _like_ to know from my declining memory, to keep control |
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> of my computing? |
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Because you didn't wrote the code. Someone else did, and you are using it |
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free (as in beer and as in freedom). Therefore, you don't get a say on what |
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dependencies the code should or shouldn't rely on. |
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You don't like a dependency? Use other software that doesn't use it; be |
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warned that it will almost for sure be less capable that the one that uses |
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dbus. |
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You don't want to stop using the software, but you don't want the |
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dependency? Then write patches for the software that allow the dependency |
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to be dropped; be warned that said patches will most probably be rejected, |
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since the maintainers have to think in the *generality* of its users, not |
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in your particular case, and therefore the dependency (dbus in this case) |
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makes perfect sense and make their lifes *sooooo* much easier. |
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You still insist on not using the dependency? Then fork the code and |
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maintain it yourself. You will quickly see why the maintainers decided to |
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use dbus. |
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The real solution is, as Alan said, understanding the reason of the |
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dependency and reaching the completely logical conclusion that the |
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maintainers were 100% right on deciding to depend on dbus, because it's the |
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bee's knees. |
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You are right: it's your computer and you have the right to decide what |
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does it runs and what it doesn't (that's why you run a Free Software BIOS |
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and no proprietary firmware at all, right?) But you don't get to complain |
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about the choices that other software's authors take about dependencies and |
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requirements for said software: if you don't like it, stop using it or |
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contribute to changing it (with the very real possibility that your |
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contributions will be rejected). |
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You don't *have to* learn a huge amount of information about dbus; but it |
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will help you to understand why so many in this thread see the dbus |
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dependency as perfectly reasonable. |
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Or don't learn nothing about dbus, but then stop complaining about why some |
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software uses it, and be happy to enjoy its many many advantages. And the |
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fact that is Free Software, and you can study and learn from the code if |
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you so desire at some point in the future. |
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Regards. |
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Dr. Canek Peláez Valdés |
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Profesor de Carrera Asociado C |
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Departamento de Matemáticas |
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Facultad de Ciencias |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
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