On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:14:13 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > This is not about ipv6 or hal or dbus in particular. My approach is > to only have the bare minimum necessary flags, and not allow *ANY NEW > AND UNNECESSARY OPTIONAL* flags. Any additional extra "stuff" involves > additional bloat and complexity, and a chance of breakage. If Dale had > had "-*", a *NEW OPTIONAL* use flag (e.g. hal) would not have been > implemented for X.
Except that Dale almost certainly would have had hal in USE because KDE needed it, so he would still have been bitten when HAL support was added to XOrg. -- Neil Bothwick Das Internet is nicht fuer gefingerclicken und giffengrabben. Ist easy droppenpacket der routers und overloaden der backbone mit der spammen und der me-tooen. Ist nicht fuer gewerken bei das dumpkopfen. Das mausklicken sichtseeren keepen das bandwit-spewin hans in das pockets muss; relaxen und watchen das cursorblinken.
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