From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F2341387CA for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:37:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0E786E0A00; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:37:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E52D9E09C6 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:37:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 179733404B2 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:37:49 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.392 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.392 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.682, BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id T8o5Y8GS7ZE0 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:37:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C02923404B1 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:37:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XePhp-0006uu-DC for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:37:37 +0200 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:37:37 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:37:37 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Six non-Gentoo installs Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:37:26 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <543DBD20.6000307@alectenharmsel.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: d66d91b1-019c-48cd-b47b-a91993e5f6ab X-Archives-Hash: 4dca94d8de7ac05d8d07c3f4c122c1f6 On 2014-10-15, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Grant Edwards > wrote: >> On 2014-10-15, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: >> >>> The main problem (imnho) is that you think CentOS cares about >>> configurability/multiple ways of doing things. >> >> Oh, I don't think that -- it's pretty obvious that in the RedHat >> world, choice is not an option. It's one prix fixe menu, and you can >> either eat what's set in front of you or go hungry. > > I can see the potential benefits of that. It sounds a bit like the > whole convention over configuration approach. As long as the > convention works, it does greatly simplify things. The main benefit is it makes the support scripts far simpler to write. The sooner you can get to "I'm sorry, that's not supported", the sooner you can hang up and "handle" the next customer. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Did you move a lot of at KOREAN STEAK KNIVES this gmail.com trip, Dingy?