On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 3:53 PM, David Campbell <davekong@archlinux.us>wrote:
Excerpts from Timothy L.'s message of 2011-06-13 15:10:16 -0400:
... I'm a novice when it comes to this kind of stuff, but adding simple hooks doesn't seem to needlessly complicate a user's system. It's something a user would never notice unless they actually needed to use the functionality it provided.
Just to clarify, when people talk about keeping it simple and the Arch way, they are not talking about having a simple, clean interface for the user, they are talking about keeping the system itself simple, as to reduce the likelihood of bugs, to make maintenance simpler, to make extending the system easier, etc.. -- David Campbell
Thanks for the clarification but I understood already. Anthony's post was more of a open-ended proposal (or I perceived it to be), it was not "This is my idea--let's do this." And it was directed more towards core packages like the kernel and pacman rather than all packages. I just felt the OP's post was undeservedly ended before a discussion could even start.