On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 3:53 PM, David Campbell <davekong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Excerpts from Timothy L.'s message of 2011-06-13 15:10:16 -0400: > > ... > > I'm a novice when it comes to this kind of stuff, but adding > > simple hooks doesn't seem to needlessly complicate a user's > > system. It's something a user would never notice unless they > > actually needed to use the functionality it provided. > > Just to clarify, when people talk about keeping it simple and the > Arch way, they are not talking about having a simple, clean > interface for the user, they are talking about keeping the system > itself simple, as to reduce the likelihood of bugs, to make > maintenance simpler, to make extending the system easier, etc.. > -- > David Campbell > Thanks for the clarification but I understood already. Anthony's post was more of a open-ended proposal (or I perceived it to be), it was not "This is my idea--let's do this." And it was directed more towards core packages like the kernel and pacman rather than all packages. I just felt the OP's post was undeservedly ended before a discussion could even start.
