Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:34:37 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Training wheels for commandline (was Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?) Message-ID: <4FF5D02D.4080102@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <EAA0281B-63E6-42AA-A5B9-B84494CE9675@bsdimp.com> References: <CA%2BQLa9B-Dm-=hQCrbEgyfO4sKZ5aG72_PEFF9nLhyoy4GRCGrA@mail.gmail.com> <20120705082857.GB37083@server.rulingia.com> <4FF55864.8040807@FreeBSD.org> <201207051215.44799.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> <4FF5BF27.2030609@my.gd> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207051838440.3799@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4FF5C48C.9030106@my.gd> <EAA0281B-63E6-42AA-A5B9-B84494CE9675@bsdimp.com>
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On 7/5/12 7:18 PM, Warner Losh wrote: > > On Jul 5, 2012, at 10:45 AM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > >> >> On 7/5/12 6:38 PM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>>> inexperienced users. >>>> >>>> Having to enable it manually defeats its very purpose. >>> >>> so is FreeBSD future direction to be moron-OS just like linux is now, or >>> is that just another stupid idea on that forum that came and... will pass? >>> >>> Quite important. There are still people that want normal OS. >> >> >> Just because you don't like the idea doesn't make it stupid, and just >> because it comes from linux doesn't make it bad. > > Both true. However, if the database lookups took a long time, or had a high overhead to maintain, then it would be stupid to have on by default. > > Warner > As a matter of fact, I for one dislike the idea of a feature that suggests packages to install. I hate it on linux, and I would hate it here as well. I would definitely be turning it off (or keeping it disabled, whichever), however I can see why some people would want such a feature and use it.
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