On 20 September 2017 at 18:39, Dave Howorth <dave@howorth.org.uk> wrote:
I think the problem here is the approach that has been taken to "sell" the decision to the great unwashed (i.e. me and others).
There's been no attempt to explain or persuade at all.
Besides every single post I've made on these threads..
I first heard about this upcoming change at the beginning of the Killing ReiserFS thread. Maybe I should have known earlier but as far as possible I just use openSUSE and following this list is as far as I go in keeping in touch.
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I now understand why the change is being made but I still don't understand exactly what is going to happen, despite asking.
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