> Mike Burger wrote: >>> On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 09:11 -0400, Mike Burger wrote: >>> >>>> As I said...I don't agree with it...I'm just saying that I understand >>>> the thinking behind it. >>>> >>> Sorry, but I think you don't. You might want to read Alan Cox's message >>> on the fedora-test list: >>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2008-September/msg00314.html >>> which indicates that the motivation is much more to do with cleaning up >>> code and APIs. I fact security isn't mentioned. >>> >> >> Now, I'm going to have to go back to the archives, and reread the start >> of >> this thread. I thought that the original poster was asking about doing >> so, not about the developers looking to do so. >> >> If I missed something in that, and that was not the original poster's >> question, then I stand corrected. >> >> > The OP asked the question: > > "What is the point of removing the System Consoles?" > > after referencing: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue143 > > Quote: > > At this point Colin Walters set off a firestorm of complaints and > queries when he announced[9], as an aside, that "[w]e're going to be > removing the legacy non-X system consoles by default in the long run." > > This appears to be related to kernel modesetting, also referenced by > this link in the same news letter: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/KernelModesetting > > Quote: > > "...makes Fedora feel more like a polished, professional product." > > More like MS Windows, maybe? In that case, I misread the point of the original post, and stand corrected. I'll stand down, now. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit: https://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update or send a blank email message to: site-update-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
