[arch-general] peaceful suggestion to clarify "the arch way" to avoid this to happen AGAIN

Lukáš Jirkovský l.jirkovsky at gmail.com
Fri Dec 4 03:24:48 EST 2009


2009/12/3 Arvid Picciani <aep at exys.org>:
>>> Allan McRae wrote:
>>>
>>>> I personally think your mis-reading the "Arch Way".
>
>
>> So another person who mistakes the use of simplicity for minimalism. I
>> thought we had been through that many, many times.
>
>
> Can we, independently of the technical details of dbus, agree all,
> that I and some other people have been interpreting the arch way wrong?
>
> If yes, can we please change the wiki to reflect that?
>
> i suggest removing the words "minimalistic" and "unix like"
> from
>
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/The_Arch_Way
>
>
> also possibly "A freshly installed Arch Linux system contains only basic
> core components" as the definition of "basic" is unclear.
>
> additionaly i propose that a conclusion to this whole thing is noted on the
> page, that says something like:
>
> "Archlinux is optimized, to work well with all desktops, not just one,
> including that it will not sacrifice commonly available desktop software for
> the sake of simplicity."
>
> It's very fuzzy, as i try not to offend anyone again.
> maybe more concrete:
>
> "As an example: there have been ongoing discussions to sacrifice feature X,Y
> for the advantage of commandline or antidesktop users, and to the
> disadvantage of desktop users. This is not what archlinux is about, as we
> want to provide a good user experience for the largest possible user base"
>
> I prefer a clear "this distro is not for you, go away" over "we share your
> mindset. maybe. or maybe not.".
> and this would have helped to avoid this situation alltogether.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> --
> Arvid
> Asgaard Technologies
>

Holy *beep*, why are you doing that?! Stop filling my inbox with
useless crap! Why don't you make your own distribution? I'd be glad to
annoy you all the day with pointless nitpicking. I wish I could filter
your e-mails. Life would be so much easier than…

Damn, it's so difficult to ignore trolls.


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