Control: severity -1 wishlist
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > On 11/3/19 11:19 PM, Holger Wansing wrote: > >> Since no new arguments (pro or contra floppy support in d-i) were given, I > >> suppose it looks like we will keep the status quo and therefore close the > >> related bugs. > > > > To get this to an end, I will: > > > > - simplify related templates, to remove the mention of "floppy support" from > > dialogs, as mentioned in the proposed patches in > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=880122#5 > > and > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=939799#5; > > - but keep the code unchanged, so that floppy support is still available for > > those, who still need/use it. > > > > This should minimize the chance, that people get irritated/frustrated by > > reading of "floppy support in 2020", but keep the possibility to use floppy > > capabilities if needed. > > > > I think this is a good compromise, which should satisfy all. > I disagree. It's a really weak argument. Are you really saying that people > are getting frustrated because they are reading the word "floppy"? That > doesn't make any sense at all. > > I would understand the argument that the code would create additional > maintenance > burden but that's not the case, so it seems we are fabricating arguments here > just to justify some sort of change. > > Please do not remove documentation if a feature is still there just for the > sake of making a change. And if some people are offended by the word "floppy", > so be it. > > Debian is supposed to be a universal system and that includes universal > hardware support. Dropping to wishlist -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
