I think we all want to keep the "philosophy of *nix" alive and well; without it, we probably wouldn't even have Ubuntu today. And we all want to make Ubuntu better and more useful; we don't want it to stagnate and become irrelevant. And we'd hope to gain more users and build community along the way.
But what exactly is the philosophy of Unix? Is the real philosophy of Unix to take no precautions against simple mistakes that anyone, even the most experienced user, can make? Mistakes that can have catastrophic consequences? Unix is a great foundation, but it isn't rooted in goodness towards others. But Ubuntu is intended to be. Personally, I'm thankful that I don't always get what I deserve, because I'd be in bad shape if I did. Just as we should be forgiving to each other, so should the systems we design be forgiving to their users. That doesn't mean having endless popup boxes; in a case like this, it's a simple fix for a huge payoff. And what's the downside? Non-compliance with a man page or an old tradition? We can change both of those. We have the technology. :) -- rm does not preserve root by default https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/174283 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs