Nick Coghlan added the comment: The rationale behind "platform_default" relates to what we put in the default config file in the RPM. If enable/disable are the only options, then as soon as the first version ships with "disable" as the default, affected systems will *never* switch to being enabled by default unless the system administrator changes it.
By contrast, if we put "platform_default" in the default configuration, then inattentive sysadmins could theoretically eventually have their defaults switched to "enable" at some point. We don't know yet if we'd ever upgrade the "platform_default" setting, but I think it's worthwhile to retain the option. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue23857> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
