-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It would appear that on Jun 7, Dave Jones did say: > On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 02:44:32PM +0100, Paul Duffy wrote: <SNIP> > > I feel these are mostly minor fixes (like the kernel defaults). <SNIP> > A lot of people don't realise, it's very easy to pick a set of > kernel defaults that make everything work 'out of the box' > for one particular system. Trying to make a kernel that works > out of the box for every possible system we target, is a very > different problem space. For every reason to enable an option, > there's usually a downside, and a reason not to enable it. > Sometimes it's a question of balance, sometimes there are > hard and fast rules (like 'it breaks vendor x's gizmo') So how about setting up a pre-install hardware [detection/user query] that can determine which of several sets of kernel defaults to use for the install? That is, as a selectable option. so that users who are sure that the default-default is going to work with their hardware won't have to wait for it... I's probably just a dumb idea from someone who is nearly clueless when it comes to kernel defaults. So far fedora has done well enough by my hardware that I haven't had to learn to tune my kernel... But using the above quoted paragraph as a guide: if vendor x's gizmo is NOT present, and there is a detected/selected reason to enable the option that would break vendor x's gizmo, [ask/warn] the user to insure that vendor x's gizmo isn't going to be installed, and if assured it won't be, enable the option... Just an idea. - -- | ? ? | | -=- -=- I'm NOT clueless... | <?> <?> But I just don't know. | ^ Joe (theWordy) Philbrook | --- J(tWdy)P | <jtwdyp@xxxxxxxx> | ? ? ############################################################## # You can find my public gpg key at http://pgpkeys.mit.edu/ # ############################################################## -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAxGx+RZ/61mwhY94RAguPAJ9FJSYYhpmp5YmxjbSTiFEzjFEbegCfWhqH d4Vn1Cd5GQ412wlXvhYV7Y4= =FmuA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
