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On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:14:13 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> This is not about ipv6 or hal or dbus in particular. My approach is |
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> to only have the bare minimum necessary flags, and not allow *ANY NEW |
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> AND UNNECESSARY OPTIONAL* flags. Any additional extra "stuff" involves |
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> additional bloat and complexity, and a chance of breakage. If Dale had |
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> had "-*", a *NEW OPTIONAL* use flag (e.g. hal) would not have been |
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> implemented for X. |
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Except that Dale almost certainly would have had hal in USE because KDE |
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needed it, so he would still have been bitten when HAL support was added |
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to XOrg. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Das Internet is nicht fuer gefingerclicken und giffengrabben. Ist easy |
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droppenpacket der routers und overloaden der backbone mit der spammen |
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und der me-tooen. Ist nicht fuer gewerken bei das dumpkopfen. Das |
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mausklicken sichtseeren keepen das bandwit-spewin hans in das pockets |
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muss; relaxen und watchen das cursorblinken. |
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