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Please give a reason for the change
It is more likely that the information entered is correct than
incorrect. Therefore the default should be that it's correct.
and explain why it is a good idea
to have this long-standing behavior changed, which might cause
confusion in users.
Having the default answer be the most common answer will save time to
adduser users.
Many unix tools operate on this (perhaps faulty) logic of 'do nothing
until confirmation', so this is a paradigm I am comfortable and familiar
with.
I was not aware of such a "paradigm" (despite years of using Unix as
main OS).
What benefits do you see coming from changing a long term
default
Explained above.
and can you describe how it outweighs the danger brought in by
change (e.g., admins whose fingers are used to hitting enter when they
make a mistake)?
I don't see any "danger" in creating a user with incorrect information.
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