On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 12:12:56AM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 12:06 AM, Fons Adriaensen <fons@linuxaudio.org> wrote:
Sad to see rc.conf more or less being deprecated too.
Yes, it was very convenient to have almost all essential configuration available in a single file. And it's sad that this is being abandoned not because that brings any benefit to the user but because 'upstream has decided'.
I do not agree with this. The change does give more features, makes things more reliable in the long run and reduces the maintenance burden. If we did not agree with "upstream", we would not have to do this.
And I don't blame you for it ... Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)