Les Mikesell wrote: > Who picks the defaults and why? Without some defaults the user would have to choose everything. Offering many choices among things that new users don't know anything about ends up being a useless choice. At least, that's how I see the reasoning for having defaults being shaped. As far as who picks them, that's up the folks that do the work on the distro. > I haven't seen any community poll or feedback mechanism for what the > most people would prefer as the default. IMO, polls aren't that useful. They're just popularity contests, which aren't widely known for arriving at the best choice (see all modern democracies for examples of this). Also, Fedora, like most open source projects, is not a democracy. The mob doesn't get its way just because there are more of them with larger pitchforks. It's a meritocracy, where those who do the work and earn the respect of others get more sway in making the decisions. That's my opinion anyway. I don't speak for the project by any means. -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am in shape. Round is a shape.
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