On Ma, 27 mar 12, 14:58:52, Camaleón wrote: > > IMO, the rule of thumb for applying a new default is asking ourselves if > the new default will cause any problem to the users. If yes, then > don't touch the old default and keep it the way it was. I don't agree. > If we are not going to get any improvement but just for the 10% of our > user-base, then we are failing the 90% of the rest. The improvement long term *could* be valuable enough to justify the pain. The correct way is usually not the easy way. One of the big reasons I love Debian is because it is not afraid to choose the hard path[1] when the long term benefits are worth it. [1] starting with it's commitment to free software and continuing with Firefox renaming, removal of non-free firmware from the kernel, multiarch, and many more. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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