Hi... > Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 16:22:03 CST > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Bug#53849: PROPOSAL: emacs/tex downgrading to optional
[...] > > > All I can see here is a closed-minded `I don't want LaTeX or Emacs, and > > > I don't even want to have to think about it to avoid them'. :-/ > > > > Because this isn't an issue of right or wrong, only what is preferred for a > > majority, there is no such thing as a logical response to this sentence. > > Ok, well I prefer that Emacs, at least, remain in standard. I believe it > is a common enough package that most users will want to at least look at > it, and if they don't like it, it's trivial to remove. TeX I feel less > strongly about. > > I don't think I'm in favor of this proposal, as written. I am. And emacs is practically the only editor I use. Emacs is HUGE, and I totally -agree- with the rights of a person to say "I don't want it, and I don't want to think about it. It's big, and how dare you force me to consider it! Maybe I am a newbie, and the 7 hour download that could have been was turned into 14 on a repeated basis because you force me to consider it every time I upgrade. Again, how -dare- you!" References to "you" in the quote should be seen from the eyes of a person who is installing debian or upgrading it, and doesn't necessarily know this "you" or who it is. Maybe the installing person is new to debian. -Jim --- Jim Lynch Finger for pgp key as Laney College CIS admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.laney.edu/~jim/ as Debian developer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/~jwl/
