On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 02:27:45PM -0400, Mark W. Eichin wrote: > > > it's an either/or situation (i.e. no way of satisfying both parties > > Actually, it isn't -- there's an easy way of giving users a choice, > and two people have suggested it already (debconf). This seems to be > the most Debianish way to handle it - technologically superior, and > avoids punishing one set of users at the expense of the other (even if > it is a small minority, you don't care about that when you're in it > :-)
if that can be done, then fine. i'm against changing the default so that it only suits a tiny minority. i'm not against increasing choice. the default should remain as is, though - those who want it different should be the ones who have to take whatever action with debconf. craig -- craig sanders