From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mail.ispcal.com (unknown [64.169.151.11]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 5827BAC49F for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 16:21:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: (qmail 32676 invoked by uid 508); 25 Jul 2002 21:20:07 -0000 Received: from twistedhammer@subdimension.com by mail.ispcal.com by uid 505 with qmail-scanner-1.12 (sweep: 2.9/3.56. . Clear:. Processed in 2.534307 secs); 25 Jul 2002 21:20:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO subdimension.com) (66.81.39.104) by 0 with SMTP; 25 Jul 2002 21:20:04 -0000 Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:15:34 -0700 (PDT) From: James Gibson X-X-Sender: james@camero.fantasia.tld To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Automatic menus? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: a93aa254-de87-4fb8-80fa-09d330493bfa X-Archives-Hash: d81e7c44f0fe1819d2cfdfc5fca17d1d I normally don't get involved in 'discussions' like this, but I will this time. I, personally, have no opinion on the menus issue, but I would like to address your comment about conviences.. I believe that a large number of people don't object so much to new features that 'go against their view', as they do to _having to turn them off!!_ You want menus? By all means, implement it, but don't make me have to turn it off if I don't like it; Make it so that if I don't like it, I just don't enable it. adding new conviences that are on by default is exactly like opt-out spam; Just say No!! --James On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Thomas Beaudry wrote: > Why?? > Because it's a nice convienence. And as you noted, > you can turn it off if you don't like it. > > I get tired of people objecting against features that > go against their view when they don't have to use it. > Too many people think the Gentoo (or any of the other > distros) should be the way they want it and no other > way. If they don't want/use a feature, it's a waste > to put it in. Never mind what anybody else might like.