On Fri, 6 Oct 2017, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
That whole idea is just amazingly stupid, and no one has even explained a reason for it.
It's all about making it easier for the people using the functionality we have and less risk of making a mistake. See my previous email about people I have seen that would have benefited from the active component drives being not writable (or hidden).
Yes, I know this goes against the old unix "don't try to stop the user from shooting themselves in the foot", but I do think this should be user configurable.
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