> From: Thom May [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 10 July 2002 18:04
> * Jim Jagielski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > > Thom May wrote: > Please don't do this. We should_not_ be second guessing the user. > > > I'd prefer education but also that they get a configuration that they > > can test "right after" a build/install :) > > > How do you know they are not doing what I do: > configure; build and install as thom > run as root. Exactly. Actually, this is how we are setup on nagoya. All admins are in the same group and configure/compile/install using their own account. > There is a perfectly good configure option to change the port, if they want > the port changed the user should use that. > A config system should not alter configs away from the default unless the > user specifically requests it. > If we do this I'm sure we'll see an awful lot of PRs cropping up of the > form: > "started apache but it is not listening on http://localhost/"; > > This is a non-commiter's -1, then. Sander
