On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Brian Utterback
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Are you saying that a question about which should be the default is
> too difficult to figure out, but deducing why the flags don't work,
> deciding that what the proper path order is and then modifying either
> /etc/profile or $HOME/.profile is acceptable?
>
> I'm sorry, I don't buy it.
>
> It is simple. Do we want the default environment to be a Solaris one
> or a GNU one?  If you want both, you have to provide a knob to switch
> them back and forth.

I think what he is saying is that providing a toggle during install is
easy, but explaining the use of the toggle is quite difficult because
the vast majority of users will have absolutely no idea what you are
asking them to choose between. Providing a "if you don't understand
this question, just accept the default" option would probably work,
but it still leaves a bad taste in the mouth and would still beg the
question of "what is the default?" (obviously I'd say "classic
Solaris").

fpsm
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