Re: Aesthetics of Debian (Was: I hear you)
Lars Bahner wrote:
> I would very much like to second this. Should a feature be installed,
> just because it is useful? Adding features increases complexity.
Complexity is not necessarily bad; it just has to be managed properly.
> I am not a very good programmer, but a skilled user and above average
> system administrator. Ease of use and easy to understand scripts and
> processes is what I look for in an application or an OS that I wish to
> use.
Ease of use and ease of understanding is not necessarily compromised by
complexity. You just look at the system at a higher level, and get into
the details of specific modules only when you need to.
> I think it should be possible to state one day: this OS is so good,
> stable and easy to use, that we now refrain from modyfying it. ``If it
> ain't broke, don't fix it.'' If it does the job reliably, don't improve
> it I might add.
Okay, then let's forget about Woody, shut down Sid, and just use Potato
forever. You first.
Craig
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