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Re: cleaning up our task packages



On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 01:46:11PM -0800, David Schleef wrote:
> > *THIS* is where the task- system will help new users -- competent or
> > not. It allows Debian to help people choose, when they don't know what
> > is best -- not when they are too stupid to know what is best.
> 
> If this is really true, then why do we even have the other
> packages?

"Best" for the new user may not equal "best" for the experienced user.
IOW, complexity may yield more power, but not be the "best" for the
inexperienced (in technology X anyway) admin.

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Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better
Micromuse Inc.                 | than a perfect plan tomorrow.
mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com   |   -- Patton

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