Bug#53849: PROPOSAL: emacs/tex downgrading to optional
On 02-Jan-00, 20:07 (CST), Jim Lynch <jim@laney.edu> wrote:
> I totally -agree- with the rights of a person to say "I don't want it,
> and I don't want to think about it. It's big, and how dare you force me
> to consider it!
1. Minor nit: I'm not happy with the word "rights" in this context,
or the overall tone. "Desire" is perhaps a better term. We, Debian,
are not "forcing" the user to do anything. We are providing the best
distribution we know how to provide. Part of that is making decisions
about what defaults best suit the hypothetical "average" user.
> Maybe I am a newbie, and the 7 hour download that could have been was
> turned into 14 on a repeated basis because you force me to consider it
> every time I upgrade.
Myth. It does *not* force the user to consider it "every time" hie
upgrades. It provides the offer to install it when the package name
changes (e.g. emacs19->emacs20). That's it. Just like every other new
package that is added. That doesn't strike me as a huge burden. If it
is, perhaps we need to stop adding packages.
Steve
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