Re: test if there is a gain
"Michael Koch" <konqueror@gmx.de> writes:
> I see no reason to imidiately switch everything to eclipse-ecj and
> gcc-4.0 when it hits debian. We live from freedom of choice and mono
> cultures are bad.
We've talked about this some before, but I'll put in my two cents here
for "choice is ok, but sometimes too much choice is bad". The
difficult thing is defining "too much choice". People are often
worried about choices, especially in cases where a "wrong" choice
might cost them invested time or money. And they are even more
worried when they don't have the tools or knowledge to evaluate that
choice as well as an expert could.
One of the reasons Ubuntu has been successful, IMO, is that there are
fewer choices to make. Experts have made them for you - although if
you are an expert yourself, of course you can 'fix' any changes that
you don't care for.
This is about investing money, but the psychology is relevant:
http://www.columbia.edu/~ss957/thefewer.html
So what do I think "too much choice is bad" means for Debian? Well, I
don't think we should exclude anyone. We aren't Ubuntu. On the other
hand, perhaps it would be sensible to pick some "good defaults" and
encourage them, while making sure that it's easy for those who wish to
do so to swap them out for their own choices.
Ciao,
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David N. Welton
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