Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > In my experience, a cryptic configuration file is almost always an > > improvement over a configure switch. To change a configure switch, I > > have to find the program's source code and figure out and go through its > > configuration, compilation, and installation procedure. To change a > > configuration file, I just have to find it and edit it, and if it's > > well-written then it even has a comment above each option explaining my > > choices. > > You've very much missed my point, I think.
Yes. I'll withdraw from the discussion, then. -- "While the Melissa license is a bit unclear, Melissa aggressively encourages free distribution of its source code." --Kevin Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
