Reasons to preseve X on tty7

[Nicolas Mailhot]

Le Jeu 30 octobre 2008 03:13, Stephen John Smoogen a écrit :

Oh, well, so much for not wanting to participate to this thread

For the record I think this latest change is small and justified.

However I also believe this flamewar is due on no little part on how
previous changes were managed, and is more an "enough is enough"
thread than a "X on tty7" is sacred thread. It would be nice if
previous big changes were assimilated before adding more to the mix
(how many releases will it take before NetWorkManager is solid and
complete and on by default without needing the old framework for
backup, for example?).

Contrary to popular belief the supply of new unprejudiced users is not
inexhaustible, existing users are not a burden but an asset, and if we
piss off enough of them by changing stuff continuously and never
delivering stable complete replacements they'll make us such a
reputation we'll not find any replacements (there is such thing as the
Internet and Google, and they have long memories).

> Technical changes on the other hand have a bigger
> issue especially when documentation may need to be reprinted, training
> has to be updated and you always end up with the chance you are going
> to relive the great egcs or similar changes where it looks great for
> the small amount of beta testers but not everywhere.

Years after we merged decent fonts, and years after we added
metric-perfect Arial/TNR substitutes, the first Google hit on "Fedora
Fonts" is still a FAQ on how to install the crappy proprietary frozen
in time Microsoft fonts. And that's a simple self-contained example.

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot