On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 09:25:14AM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: > Here's a crazy thought. Might you add an installation option, "Default > shell configuration" > > a) (Default) Expert - This setting offers the most compatibility with > older systems > 2) Novice - This setting configures the default shell environment with > defaults that make new user's lives easier. > > The text needs to be tweaked, but you get the idea.
More install-time options? Why can't we just fix the defaults in the programs themselves? That adds no new knobs, and it has very good update semantics. Nico --
