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From: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com>
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On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:

> I see a lot of people don't like the change, even though I made it
> default to off and controlled by an environment variable.  There's
> no reason to keep pushing for it, then.

There's significant support for it, too.

As long as it can be disabled, I don't mind it at all.

Later......						<Doug>