On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:59 PM, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 11:34 -0400, Kristian Høgsberg wrote:>> It's pretty normal to see opponents of a decision like this complain>> loudly when it lands on their system, whereas the silent majority in>> favour will be happy to see the change finally implemented but reluctant>> to stir up the discussion again.>>>> I don't think new arguments are brought to the discussion, just new>> people, who are temporarily inconvened by a change towards sanity.>> Nice emotive response, especially the subtle but unsubstantiated 'silent> majority in favour' bit -- but you forgot the part where you were> supposed to actually point out a tangible benefit which is achieved by> breaking compatibility like this.>> And no, reducing the size of /usr/bin by a tiny fraction isn't really a> worthwhile benefit -- in reality, the 'silent majority' really couldn't> give a monkey's left testicle about that, and breakage caused by the> gratuitous change _far_ outweighs any minuscule improvement.>
Correct, but there is a benefit. Imagine a new user:
git-<tab><tab> ... what? 140-something commands? I'll better start lookingfor alternatives _right now_!
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