On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 08:40:53PM +0100, Jaroslaw Swierczynski wrote: > 2006/3/22, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I really don't understand why it could not just go in the MODULES > > array? Stick it in the default rc.conf and bam, done. Can anyone > > give me a good reason (good, meaning, "I don't like that" doesn't > > work) why that's bad? > > Because 99,9% of users would need to adjust their rc.conf. And > honestly I'm not sure how many of them need capabilities. This morning > I would say not many but then I installed the new kernel and my DVB > software stopped working... Of course, not many people use DVB > software but other programs might use capabilities as well.
Just like 99.9% of users had to remove hotplug, add LOCALE=, remove /sys and /proc from /etc/fstab, add initrd to /etc/lilo.conf and/or /boot/grub/menu.lst. Things change and users have to update stuff. The only way we can keep it clean enough in the future is to cut as few corners as possible. I think this is a good corner not to cut. The best we can do is try to keep users aware by posting on the front page, mailing list, forum, and in the post install message. Maybe we should move Arch over to a freezing release system... that way we could actually implement breaking changes across releases :P Jason -- If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are.
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