On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 11:51 -0400, Peter Arremann wrote: > On Saturday 16 April 2005 09:41, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > <snip> > > Making the right solution a target for fc5 is fine, I have no > > significant problem with seeing anacron extended as soon as its > > reasonably possible. > <snip> > > ok - so the plan is to replace one thing that is done wrong (suck battery > life) with another thing that is wrong (not run as users got to expect it for > years) for one release only and then come up with a good solution? > Not arguing that its nessecary and all or how it should be fixed - just what > is the logic behind it? It was wrong for years, so why not leave it wrong for > one more release rather than have it change with FC4 and then again in FC5 > and cause a ton of confusion with the users? Leave it in FC4 the way it is > and then fix it properly in FC5... that way you only have one transition and > its one that you can actually explain to users. > > I at least had a hard time talking to the other guys at work and say "Yes, I > know from our perspective they are asking 99% of all guys that run a desktop > to do more work so it benefits the 1% that run a laptop, but this makes more > sense!" > > Peter. > I agree. slocate is a great tool that makes finding files really quick. If laptop users don't want it eating their battery life, why can't they disable it? They're in the minority here.