From: Michael Sullivan <michael@espersunited.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] So O.K.
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 15:02:56 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1139086976.10446.9.camel@camille.espersunited.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060204202745.06dc1e14@krikkit.digimed.co.uk>
On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 20:27 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 10:36:10 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
>
> > > With all that experience, I'm surprised you made such a basic mistake
> > > as overwriting a config file. Gentoo is careful to protect your
> > > configuration files from being overwritten by new releases, it takes a
> > > deliberate action on your part to do this.
>
> > This isn't going to turn into another pointless flamewar, is it?
>
> Is there any other kind?
>
> I think the flames started when the OP made a basic mistake and decided
> the whole distro was unsuitable for any serious use because of his error.
>
That could be true, but why do we let it continue?
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Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-04 14:02 [gentoo-user] So O.K Franta
2006-02-04 14:11 ` Beau E. Cox
2006-02-04 15:08 ` Franta
2006-02-04 15:30 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-02-04 16:36 ` Michael Sullivan
2006-02-04 20:27 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-02-04 21:02 ` Michael Sullivan [this message]
2006-02-04 21:18 ` Neil Bothwick
2006-02-04 20:56 ` Rafael Fernández López
2006-02-10 16:04 ` Daniel da Veiga
2006-02-12 13:30 ` Franta
2006-02-12 14:58 ` Daniel da Veiga
2006-02-04 15:17 ` Mark Shields
2006-02-04 15:39 ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam
2006-02-05 0:26 ` A. Khattri
2006-02-05 12:01 ` Franta
2006-02-05 14:06 ` Philip Webb
2006-02-10 0:47 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2006-02-10 1:43 ` Iain Buchanan
2006-02-05 15:12 ` Benno Schulenberg
2006-02-04 17:16 ` [gentoo-user] " Ernie Schroder
2006-02-05 12:09 ` [gentoo-user] So O.K. -- help or point! Franta
2006-02-05 13:51 ` Ernie Schroder
2006-02-05 17:08 ` Richard Fish
2006-02-06 4:51 ` Franta
2006-02-06 6:19 ` Richard Fish
2006-02-06 6:02 ` Richard Fish
2006-02-06 18:25 ` Franta
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