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On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:08:44 -0500 |
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Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Making your software punish its users isn't going to make them more |
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> careful, it's going to make them stop using your software. If bash |
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> did an 'rm -rf /' when you mistyped a command[1], would you think, |
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> gee, I need to be more careful? Or would you think the guy who made |
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> it do that was an asshole? |
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That's an interesting question. |
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Moving slightly OT, I think most of the devs who worked on portage in |
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the past (starting with Daniel) have little clue about proper design |
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and just slapped stuff/features on with little thought. It might not |
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actually BE that way, but it sure LOOKS like it. |
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And now finally we have Zac, a brave man who has taken on the thankless |
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task of sorting the mess out. Most of his deep changes over the past |
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two years or so are to make things consistent within the overall grand |
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plan. |
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Stuff breaks badly when you do that. But it has to be done. Today it's |
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your turn to be on the sharp end. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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