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Apparently, though unproven, at 16:52 on Friday 03 June 2011, David W Noon did |
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opine thusly: |
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> On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:00:02 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote about |
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> Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files: |
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> >There is a simple rule in computing: |
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> >NEVER remove user created data |
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> That is utter rubbish. Obsolete data can be dangerous, so once it's |
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> genuinely obsolete it should be gone. |
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You are painting yourself into a corner. Why don't you just admit the obvious, |
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that you are holding onto an untenable position? |
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And please stop inferring other context than what is there. |
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> If that were true, why would it even be possible to delete data? |
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Look at what the statement applies to - an automated tool running cleanup |
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operations after itself. You have strawmanned it into applying universally, |
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which is decidedly NOT what Volker communicated. |
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> >that also applies to config files. |
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> And obsolete configuration files are even more likely to be dangerous |
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> than general data. |
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Prove it. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |