From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 18 May 2001 12:16:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 18 May 2001 12:16:33 -0400 Received: from t2.redhat.com ([199.183.24.243]:13820 "HELO executor.cambridge.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 18 May 2001 12:16:27 -0400 Message-ID: <3B054AD6.7EB1582D@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 17:16:22 +0100 From: Arjan van de Ven Reply-To: arjanv@redhat.com Organization: Red Hat, Inc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2smp i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Eric S. Raymond" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up In-Reply-To: <20010518034307.A10784@thyrsus.com> <20010518105353.A13684@thyrsus.com> <3B053B9B.23286E6C@redhat.com> <20010518112625.A14309@thyrsus.com> <20010518113726.A29617@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20010518114922.C14309@thyrsus.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Eric S. Raymond" wrote: > > Arjan van de Ven : > > Don't get me wrong. I'm NOT opposed to having a config tool everyone and > > their aunt can use. I'm opposed to that tool taking away the options expert > > users have to do what they know is right for them. > > I'll take that as a vote for (b), to handle even perverse configurations > even if it means adding a lot of complexity to the ruleset. In my opinion, no configuration that is actually physically possible is perverse. So if you go for (a) you can take this as a vote of NOOOOOO PLEASE LINUS DON'T