de-modularising for the win!

Bill Nottingham notting at redhat.com
Tue Sep 30 14:41:55 UTC 2008


Jon Masters (jcm at redhat.com) said: 
> > Really? Do you have actual stats for the number (percentage) of Fedora
> > users that *actually* need to update their modules (as opposed to following
> > some blindly ridiculous message-board advice...)
> 
> Nope. I'm just taking the viewpoint that users shouldn't be artificially
> restricted from doing so. I know this isn't the case right now

... come back when there's actual data and a usage case. 

> proposed modules being built-in are fairly harmless, but I'm raising
> this now before users can't build their own graphics drivers or whatever
> else they would like to add to their system, based on choice.

Linux is not about choice. Giving users the choice between 3 versions of
a driver, or ten different desktops, or three different printing systems
only means that *you've* made the choice to have your OS fail.

Bill




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