https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=335510#c3
Stefan Hundhammer
Please read the following comment that really gets this to the point: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1/comments/493
This is utterly unrelated. For one thing, it's a mind set problem. Compare here: http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/LNW.htm For another, that seemingly great idea of have simple mode for novices and an expert mode for experts is an approach that falls apart when thinking it through for just a few minutes. There are no users (OK, make this "almost no users") who are experts in every area. And installation is something that covers a lot of areas. While somebody might be an expert when it comes to partitioning, this same user might be completely lost with, say, software dependencies. An "expert mode", though, would force him to answer expert questions in every area. This is why our approach to all that is to begin as simple as possible and offer an "expert" button whereever it makes sense. That way, every user can use a simple approach where hit makes sense for him, but gradually refine expert options where the simple solution does not cover his particular use case. Not only does this cover the novice case AND the some-areas-expert case (which is the most common), it also covers the case where even the expert wants something to be done quick and simple. The situation this bug report is all about is pathological. It is not the normal case. Sure, it would be desirable to not get into that situation in the first place. Is that feasible? I don't know. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.