Hello
On Sunday, June 3, 2018, Mark H Weaver <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think we should change "make clean" to delete files in the > working directory that were not created by our build system. > > I, for one, keep many files of notes and draft patches in my Guix > working directory. I've been doing this for years. If "make clean" > were suddenly changed to delete all of these files, I would lose data > and probably be very angry. > > I happened to see this message, but if I had been focused on other > things, I might well have missed it. It's not practical for us to > ensure that everyone is warned about this proposed change, so there's no > way for us to avoid the risk that valuable user data would be deleted. > > Therefore, we should reject this proposal. > > In general, we should be *very* reluctant to delete files that we know > nothing about. We should be reluctant to do it even if there were a > very compelling reason for it. Simply wanting to clean up to avoid > unsightly clutter falls far short of a compelling reason. > > Thoughts? > > Mark > > +1 totally agree -- Vincent Legoll
