-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/4/10 23:40 , Hal Vaughan wrote: > My issue is that MacPorts AUTOMATICALLY did something I didn't want it to do. > Again, if it had put the system PATH first, then its own, that would be > different. If there is a default on a system, then if that default is > changed, it should be made clear, "DEFAULTS ARE CHANGED!" If there's a > warning that PATH is changed, if that change alters the defaults, it's only > appropriate to say so.
No, your issue is that MacPorts did AUTOMATICALLY what the vast majority of users want it to do. You are the exception here, not the rule. > Considering that most users will have some degree of technical experience, > trusting them to make a choice on their own system seems a reasonable choice. > I'm curious if that possibility has been discussed. Clearly, you need to read the mailing list archives. > But I've had bad experiences with some FOSS projects when I filed bug > reports. I've gotten things like, "It's a feature, not a bug" (when I could > demonstrate why it was NOT a feature) and had some other bad experiences when > reporting bugs on FOSS programs. Because of that, I've been slow to file > other bug reports. I can give technical descriptions and help with bug > reports and feature requests, but it helps to know if a project and the > people in it really do want those reports and don't want to just close them > out in a hurry or rationalize them away. If they were phrased as "my way is the only correct way; ignore all your other users because they're all wrong" as this thread, it's no wonder. - -- brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl] [email protected] system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] [email protected] electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkyrRFsACgkQIn7hlCsL25V0JACgk59LDF2UDY4JKVIzlItY5pYF qQAAoJD+ahNpZKchfVZ3H8ntYAQt8CQx =xwrB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
