On 2006-04-23, Hal Vaughan penned: >> >> Here's what I don't understand: If you like what other distributions >> do better, why are you so busy trying to convince debian to change? >> Why not just switch to one of the several distros you've mentioned? > > This may not be a logical fallacy. If not, it should be: the idea > that if you don't like something, find a substitute. Those that > criticize something (like Debian) often have a high regard for it, > which is why they take the time and effort to provide constructive > criticism. If they didn't like it and didn't care, they would jump > ship. Then we'd have something with no disagreement and a project > that would become more and more esoteric until it met only the needs > of a few developers. > > If everyone had this attitude, nothing would ever improve.
In general, I agree. A suggestion to change something to be more useful shouldn't be met with derision. In this case, however, it seems to me that several people, including a debian dev, have tried to explain why the request is contrary to the goals, in fact the very purpose, of debian. It strikes me as kind of like a consumer telling Ferrari their fuel efficiency sucks ... Or maybe I'm missing Steve's whole point. But that's how it seems to me. -- monique Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
