From owner-freebsd-current Sat Jul 19 09:50:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA02838 for current-outgoing; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 09:50:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kithrup.com (kithrup.com [205.179.156.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA02802 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 09:50:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from sef@localhost) by kithrup.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id JAA15918; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 09:49:56 -0700 Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 09:49:56 -0700 From: Sean Eric Fagan Message-Id: <199707191649.JAA15918@kithrup.com> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I am contemplating the following change... In-Reply-To: <199707191608.BAA14511.kithrup.freebsd.current@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> References: <21008.869326490@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Jul 19, 97 08:34:50 am" Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd. Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In article <199707191608.BAA14511.kithrup.freebsd.current@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> msmith writes: >... just to clarify on my previous mail; while I think there may be a >few complaints, any value is prettymuch OK given that it can be >frobbed regardless. As I just told Jordan... I disagree. The visual config stuff is neat, and can be a lifesaver... but requiring users to do it is going to bite, *hard*. I had to help a (very technical) friend go through the process -- this is someone who had installed linux on his system with no problem, he's dealt with funky PC hardware before, etc. And yet he needed help to config the kernel before booting. I really think forcing more people to do it is bad.