Hi, > As long as nobody drops out of the blue sky and makes the best thing > happen with a touch of h(is/er) magic wand, presenting the available > options is a *very* nice thing to do. > > If the options are there, I might be able to run my games. I'll be > able to report on the mailing list what options I used to get it to > run, which should help debug the actual problem. > > If the options aren't there, I'll never know that they existed and so > I'll probably be inclined to just give up and not try to run whatever > game it is I'm trying to run. This is all correct, but on the other hand, some users might complain about a too complicated setup. Developers on the other hand just tell users to set an option instead of fixing the code.
I am all OK with options, but before adding an option one should think why it is necessary and if it can be avoided.
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