On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 02:30:27PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > John Goerzen wrote: > > Think about it -- if you manage dozens, hundreds, or thousands of Debian > > machines -- few of which even have a monitor -- how useful is this? > > > > Debian is all about not making assumptions like this. If you want this > > feature, you are free to install it. > > Debian is capable of figuring out whether it's being installed with a > monitor[1] at install time; if it is then update-notifier will be installed > (in etch, as part of the gnome-desktop task, thanks to the work of > Stratus).
Of course, that is interesting but the situation could change. > It's a fallacy to think that just because Debian wants to support > everyone that we can't target common sets of users, like desktop users, > and support them well, with polish. That's true, and not what I was trying to say. The original poster seemed to be suggesting that this feature ought to be the default for everyone, which I believe would be a harm to the user community in general. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
