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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org X-Migadu-Country: US X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Spam-Score: -6.44 X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 1B55D6A1EC X-Migadu-Scanner: mx10.migadu.com X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -6.44 X-TUID: TJ3PYoajmOkL > What do others think? i don't really understand all the consequences of this choice... but as a n= ewcomer it surely was strange that i have to use a special incantation that= i need to remember, and is added to the documentation, and is explained re= peatedly on IRC... instead of making it the default. good defaults are important. and it's better if the default value causes th= e least surprise to the ones who know the least. --=20 =E2=80=A2 attila lendvai =E2=80=A2 PGP: 963F 5D5F 45C7 DFCD 0A39 -- =E2=80=9C[=E2=80=A6] the real self is dangerous: dangerous for the establis= hed church, dangerous for the state, dangerous for the crowd, dangerous for= the tradition, because once a man knows his real self, he becomes an indiv= idual.=E2=80=9D =09=E2=80=94 Osho (1931=E2=80=931990)