On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 20:23:48 +0100
Richard Brown
In the real world I expect users to spend some time to understand the tools they have chosen to use and to use them appropriately
I'm sorry but that is completely unrealistic, IMHO. I see two situations: (1) it's a new install - the person is likely to want to default everything and just get a running system so they can decide quickly whether they like linux/opensuse/the latest release. If you/we are lucky they will decide they do like the system, and they will then continue to use it and become dependent on it to do whatever it is they use their systems for. Only when something goes wrong will they have to learn any more about how it works and what the pros and cons of various install-time questions were. or (2) it's an upgrade - the person wants to see whether their system keeps on working as well or better than the existing installation was working. If there are any problems, then lesson learned, don't upgrade! (FWIW, I just stopped using a 9.3 system last month)
I do not expect them to continue using them the way they have been used for many years, just because they used to work in a certain way
Why on earth not? Do you live in a superinsulated passivhaus? Why not?
We're a software project, software changes over time, a reasonable amount of re-education over time is not only healthy, but mandatory
btrfs has been available in openSUSE since 11.3 (released in 2010, over 6 years ago). It's been the default in in openSUSE since 13.2 (released over 2 years ago)
It's not like it's snuck up on people without time for them to start learning..but when they go ahead and run fsck before doing any of the other steps that are documented to be done before a repair, yes, that's misuse and abuse. Period.
No. Whoever designed an fsck program that can't safely be run without precursors should be shot. Programs should always be programmed defensively and expecting people to read documentation before running them is certifiably insane. Let alone understand the documentation and act upon it. HNY, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org