Fwd: Is disabling ctrl-alt-backspace really such a good idea? - no.

[Scott Kitterman]

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:24:32 +0100 Vincenzo Ciancia <ciancia at di.unipi.it> 
wrote:
>I typically am the guy that persuades friends using linux that the new 
>*DEFAULT* choices ubuntu makes in every release are good even though 
>they look like evil. But this time I don't really have a justification.
>
Vincenzo,

You will recall that we've discussed excessive hostility on this list 
before.  Perhaps it is because English is not your first language, but evil 
is a very strong term.  If you will consult a dictionary and consider it, I 
think you will agree the term is excessive in this context.  

So far, I have exactly one poster this list in my killfile.  You are 
perilously close to being the second.  You will also recall that in the 
past I have agreed to volunteer my time and fixed a deficiency that was a 
problem for you.  If you want to have the opportunity for that to happen 
again you will really need to moderate your words.

Everyone:  

I think this thread has far outlived whatever usefullness it might have had 
and I'd suggest everyone just stop.  It's a few days before feature freeze 
and the plan for Jaunty isn't going to change.

If you want this to change in the future, you will need to have a fully 
baked plan for an alternative.  This is a good time to go work on that so 
that when the call for specs for Jaunty +1 comes out you will be ready.

Scott K