"Ross Cameron"  writes:
> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Jacob Meuser  wrote:

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> >  you say, "config makes me boot faster."  so then people go and config

> >  their kernel, and then we get problem reports about broken kernels.

> >

> >  that's fine if you want to go break your machines.  don't try telling

> >  others to do the same.

>

> I disagree,... this form of knowledge sharing amongst more advanced

> users of any OS should be encouraged.

Yes, and the knowledge among the more advanced users is "don't do it". So

that's what's being shared.
> Perhaps there is merit in it in a wider context,... we wont know

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> unless such things are discussed and debated.

>     Simply poh pohing it out of hand without wider discussion

> throughout the user base is foolish at best.

Oh, really. And you think that we haven't discussed this for the past

10 years? all over the mailing lists. 
//art