On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 09:57:16AM +0000, Henning Makholm wrote:
> Scripsit Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
> > > > ] That'd be stupid: as "test-missing-cable no" would be nonsense, it's
> > > > ] crazy to ask the user to put "yes" there. I've solved removing the '-'
> > > > ] after "test" on all directives, instead, which makes more sense.
> > > So you think it is OK to be "blunt" whan somebody disagrees with you,
> > > and gives coherent technical arguments for disagreeing?
> > Huh? Where's the "coherent technical argument" in the above?
> It was the three lines I quoted. The argument goes that it is not
> reasonable to ask the user to put an nonsense parameter which is
> ignored, except that ifupdown will complain if it happens to be the
> empty string.
What, precisely, is unreasonable about it?
Do you find the "Essential: yes" flag unreasonable too?
I'm happy for you to think that dummy arguments are unattractive, or
awkward, or even confusing -- but those are not technical arguments,
and if you think they are, you're both wrong and stupid.
Cheers,
aj
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