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Re: finally: packages to optionally create default collaboration dirs



On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 10:36:09AM +0200, C. Gatzemeier wrote:
> Am Thu, 3 Jun 2010 00:43:20 +0400
> schrieb Stanislav Maslovski <stanislav.maslovski@gmail.com>:
> 
> > > The great thing about Debian is that it can mean and handle so many
> > > different things for so many people.  
> > 
> > Yes, that is why we should not limit it to a fixed number of
> > predefined choices.
> 
> Configurable defaults should implement full choice, unlike missing
> functionality.

Well, and how does _your_ proposal implement _full_ choice?

> One can miss some configuration options about the optional setup of
> collaboration directories (think $HOMEs for groups), but sorry, Debian's
> mirriads of functionalities or packages that one can perfectly keep
> disabled (or not installed) can hardly be unacceptable.

Simply missing those "optional options" that are intended to be
disabled or not installed can also hardly be unacceptable.

But well, if you want to spend your time on this, it is up to you, of
course. Just make it sure that it will not show up in places where it
should not (like in debian installer). 

-- 
Stanislav


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