On 20/11/2018 11.55, Richard Brown wrote:
On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 at 11:50, Carlos E. R. <> wrote:
On 20/11/2018 11.36, Liam Proven wrote:
On 18/11/2018 20:03, Richard Brown wrote:
We should optimise our distribution for the tools and workflows we have today and which we actively build, test, and support. We shouldn't have defaults chosen to facilitate inadvisable bad habits left over from a bygone age.
STRONGLY disagree. In fact, the reverse is true.
What enabled Linux to thrive, as opposed to rivals such as *BSD, is "optimising" (to use your word) for interoperability, compatibility, and playing well with others.
THAT is the path to choose. Always.
Indeed!
The day that someone who supports this opinion pulls a finger out and actually does the work to make that viewpoint remotely true, instead of constantly opining on mailniglists, is the day I will agree with that sentiment.
Until then, my view will continue to be shaped by the work I do, and the work done by those others contributors.
Which means, we'll continue to focus the distribution on the tools and workflows we have today. We'll support that which we maintain, that which we test, that which we support. We won't necessarily rule out alternatives, but people should be clear exactly where the distributions attentions, efforts, and contributions are focused on.
Which is the goal of my thread. I'm open to suggestions that better achieve the goals I set-out in my original post, but screams for "do more, support more, cover all my personal edge cases to that same level of quality" will not be heeded by me.
I'm not opposed to others doing that work though. So please, shut up and step up.
I will NOT shut up. I will recommend every person that asks to install a separate /home. The same as I advise people about btrfs advantages and problems. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)