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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:00:37
Message-Id: 3568725.rmbSIMCMo0@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr by Michael Mol
1 Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 09:58:10 schrieb Michael Mol:
2 > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann
3 >
4 > <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote:
5 > > Am Sonntag 18 September 2011, 15:19:29 schrieb pk:
6 > > again, if it you say 'it must be bad because there is a bug in it' you
7 > > can disregard all software ever written.
8 >
9 > This is why, when designing systems, you want as little complexity as
10 > possible; the greater the complexity, the greater the incidence of
11 > bugs. Yes, it's unavoidable that there are bugs, but lower bug counts
12 > are better.
13 >
14 > (Not making a specific argument against D-Bus here, just the rhetorical
15 > device.)
16
17 yeah and if you simplified your system enough it is so hard to use it is not
18 worth the time you waste on it.
19
20 Every problem can be solved by another layer of abstraction
21
22 A similar good sounding quote - but.....
23 --
24 #163933

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