Apparently, though unproven, at 16:52 on Friday 03 June 2011, David W Noon did opine thusly:
> On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:00:02 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote about > > Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files: > >There is a simple rule in computing: > > > >NEVER remove user created data > > That is utter rubbish. Obsolete data can be dangerous, so once it's > genuinely obsolete it should be gone. You are painting yourself into a corner. Why don't you just admit the obvious, that you are holding onto an untenable position? And please stop inferring other context than what is there. > If that were true, why would it even be possible to delete data? Look at what the statement applies to - an automated tool running cleanup operations after itself. You have strawmanned it into applying universally, which is decidedly NOT what Volker communicated. > >that also applies to config files. > > And obsolete configuration files are even more likely to be dangerous > than general data. Prove it. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
