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Re: support for merged /usr in Debian



Hallo,
* Eric Valette [Sun, Jan 10 2016, 02:16:50PM]:
> >On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 10:56:21AM +0100, Eric Valette wrote:
> >>Russ Allbery writes:
> >>
> >>>For one specific example, it's become quite clear over the past year that
> >>>systemd has achieved the same status as abortion debates in US politics.
> >>>Not only is it clear that we will *never* stop arguing about systemd,
> >>>opposition to or support of systemd has turned into a tribal identity
> >>>marker for at least some people.
> >>
> >>Your example comparing systemd debate vs abortion debate is definitively
> >>insane : abortion is a philosophical debate that mainly roots whether you
> >
> >Unbelievable!! What part don't you understand? He says it's "achieved
> >the same status", even I, understood at least that much.
> 
> "Achieved the same status" BUT for totally different fundamental reasons so

Are they?

> the reasoning is totally void. The analogy by itself, I let him the
> responsibility of comparing technical decisions to a matter of life or
> death....

Nonsense. You can see these patterns everywhere. The next thing coming
to my mind are holy wars about bike chain maintenance...

http://sheldonbrown.com/chains.html
> [And a comment from John Allen: the problem becomes religious because it addresses mysteries of existence, life and death (of chains...) to which there is no clear and obvious answer -- as long as the chain is exposed to dirt.

Regards,
Eduard.

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