Re: Another possible slink goal (multipackages users profile)
Hi,
>>"Enrique" == Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es> writes:
Enrique> On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 11:47:09PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>>
>> Well, there should be a mechanism provided, and it should be
>> as empty as possible. In this case, what if I have a multiuser
>> multilingual system, and Debian insists on providing one uniform
>> language?
Enrique> I said preferred, not forced. Any user can override the
Enrique> global settings in his own .bash_profile, .cshrc or
Enrique> whatever... In a multilingual system s/he will have to do it
Enrique> anyway.
Not good enough. I should not have to goo rooting in the
/etc/env directory after each upgrade to find what I have to over
ride.
As long as we are merely talking about mechanisms that the sys
admin can use to set defaults for all shells, I am enthusiastically
in favour.
As soon as you start talking about packages that do this be
default, and without permission; I object strongly.
>> Therefore packages should not put in env variables into my
>> shell without my consent.
Enrique> But, in a way, they are putting LANG=C (the default) into
Enrique> your shell without your consent! If you need a different
Enrique> value you have to override the default. What's the
Enrique> difference? Just a different default.
Because that is a default that is common to all unices, and is
something I have come to know and depend on. Peoplae have adjusted
their startup scripts to accomodate this. Changing the command
interpreter on a whim is not acceptable. If the mechanism is in
place, the local site may choose whatever they want. The vendor
should never do this.
manoj
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