On Thursday, September 15, 2011 05:34:11 PM Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Joost Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: > [ Hugemongous snip ] > > > If the Gentoo-devs come up with a fool-proof solution > > No such thing in computing, I think.
I'm afraid you're right on this as that is also my experience. And not just in computing. The biggest difficult with designing fool-proof systems is the fact that designers will always underestimate the ingenuity of fools. > But I also think is really > laudable that you want to ensure no many users will get bitten by this > change. I work in IT. Currently in support (enterprise-software, not home users) and moving into consulting soon. I don't like to see broken systems and always want to find solutions to problems I encounter. I might not always succeed, but I will certainly try. > And I also tend to believe that Gentoo users are more than able to > deal with this and almost any other thing. I agree, the vast majority of people on this list know how to solve issues for themselves or are able to formulate their problems/questions in such a way that others with more experience in that particular field can come up with the answer. However, I also think there are plenty of Gentoo-users who don't subscribe to this list and may easily get caught out when this situation really starts affecting them. -- Joost
