On 6/1/2011 5:47 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 11:31 on Wednesday 01 June 2011, Indi did > opine thusly: > >> On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 02:00:01AM +0200, Peter Humphrey wrote: >>> Personally, I'd be livid if portage were to remove my carefully crafted >>> work from time immemorial, without so much as a by-your-leave. Anyone >>> who wants to delete his own work is free to do so, but the rest of us >>> ought not to be required to suffer it. >> >> Doesn't matter to me, my longstanding rsync habit ensures there are >> always a couple of copies of my last known good configuration. >> Doesn't your carefully crafted work from time immemorial deserve >> rsync too? [cue rsync jingle] >> >> :) > > That's like saying that just because I have panel-beating skills and lots of > scrap metal in the back yard that it's perfectly OK for marauding gangs of > thugs to have at my car in the parking lots with baseball bats.
Best analogy ever.
