Re: the netbase/inetd conspiracy
On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 12:41:21PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes:
> > On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 10:29:41AM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
> > > Then netkit-inetd is broken. If I remove a configuration file, it damn
> > > well better stay gone unless I do something explicit to re-add it.
> > Funny how it's been this broken for as long as Debian's existed, and no
> > one's noticed. Why, you'd almost think it didn't actually cause problems,
> > and that people were more interested in focussing on fixing things that
> > actually helped people. Randomly deleting things and expecting them to
> > work and stay deleted doesn't work, so you shouldn't expect it. It's not
> > even particularly useful.
> Most bugs have been there as long as the package existed with nobody
> noticing, until the finally do.
Most bugs that actually matter to anyone get noticed pretty quickly, in my
experience.
> I don't much care whether deleting config file is supposed to work or
> not, but I certainly think that practice and policy should come into
> agreement on the point.
Policy, being finite, has no chance of covering every thing that somemone's
going to pick to disagree with and dislike.
> > (Pick a topic. Pick a flaw. Post about it to -devel, and someone's sure
> > to be outraged by the problem, and insist it be fixed immediately. It's
> > concentrated tedium in Internet form.)
> Steve did not say it needed to be fixed immediately. What it really
> needs is a bug report, and that's all.
What it really needs is for someone to give a good reason why randomly
deleting config files of installed packages is the best way to go about
things, and should be supported.
It's annoying to the point of insulting the way people go around stating
their opinions as though the mere fact they hold them should convince
all and sundry that they're correct.
Cheers,
aj
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