On Jan 2, 2014, at 1:32 PM, "Lars E. Pettersson" <l...@homer.se> wrote:
> On 01/02/2014 09:24 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: >> OH but wait, I don't really want more email because I think email in general >> sucks because of abuse just like this. And on top of it, from my sampling, >> the messages were useless, so had I been getting them by email, I'd have >> considered them spam and it would have made me angry that I was receiving >> them. > > Well, then you just skip that question I propose that we ad to the first > install/setup program. And you will never ever get any mails and will be > happy ever after. I'm happy with the way Fedora 20 is behaving now. I see no need to clutter the installer or g-i-s with such questions. If something is really important, the system should put up a banner or alert. >> I'm glad Fedora caught up with the rest of modern computing and got rid of >> it by default. > > This has nothing to do with modernity at all. It does. Email was the only notification option 20 years ago. We have other options today. > >> And guess what! You can still install it and get the behavior you want. > > That's not the point. It's about sane defaults so that potential important > message are not lost. If they're important, they should go in the journal. Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
