Re: [PATCH] Remove absolute paths from gpg.rc
On 2007-03-26 08:43:56 -0600, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
> On Monday, March 26 at 04:27 PM, quoth Vincent Lefevre:
> >>if you'd like to reverse a stupid decision made by the distributor.
> >
> >So, Mutt's configure shouldn't allow stupid decisions.
>
> This reminds me of a quote by Doug Gwyn:
>
> UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because
> that would also stop you from doing clever things.
That's precisely why configure-time options should be avoided if
possible, because they stop the user from doing clever things, in
one way or the other. They may also make software behave completely
differently from one platform to another, which would confuse the
user.
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