Hi,
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Now, the point you _could_ have made, is that the Help on KMOD says
>
> "If unsure, say Y"
>
> Which to me _is_ a bug. I just hate it when the default doesn't match the
> recommended comment of any config option.
What I personally hate even more are help texts, that want me to say Y,
but don't really explain why (and even worse are options which set the
default to y without explanation).
This is a somewhat common boilerplate which has it's origin in the old
config help files and has been copied everywhere. A good help text should
explain what it does, when the option is enabled and then can give
specific advice, who should enable it.
bye, Roman
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