On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 19:53:47 +0100, lee wrote: > > I would imagine because it cannot be used without some initial > > configuration. The default provides the greatest reliability out of > > the box, at the expense of less readable (which is not the same as > > unrecognisable, a value judgement you are imposing on the names) > > names. > > I call them unrecognisable because they are hard to recognise, as in > hard to read and impossible to remember. I find that annoying. I can > call them "annoying names" if you prefer that :)
I do, or "difficult to remember" or "cryptic", but they are not unrecognisable - except to those that wish them to be. > > There is nothing wrong with wanting things to work as you do, but it > > requires input to do so. It you have to start editing files to make it > > work properly, there is little point in making it the default. > > Right, and it could work without editing files manually. A > configuration file assigning editable names to the annoying names could > be created automatically and filled by assigning the name an interface > already has to it (because when it has a name, the name is known, which > is easier than trying to make up all possible names in advance). Then > only if you wanted you would edit the configuration file to assign the > name(s) of your choosing, and if you don't want to do that, you simply > get the names you get now. There would be no change to how the names > are now, only an additional option. > > That would also have the advantage that when the annoying name of an > interface changes, you can choose to either adjust all configuration > files in which you have specified a particular interface or simply > adjust the one configuration file that assigns the names. > > I actually wonder why they didn't virtualise the names. It makes too > much sense for not to do it, and you could do likewise with other > devices (especially disks). That's a reasonable approach, and you could have the ebuild set it up with a USE flag. All it takes is for someone that cares enough about it to do something. -- Neil Bothwick I have seen the truth, and it makes no sense.
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