Messages in this thread | | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: Name change for /etc/conf.modules | Date | Sat, 09 Oct 1999 17:47:56 +1000 |
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On Fri, 8 Oct 99 21:44 MET DST, hans@grumbeer.inka.de (Hans-Joachim Baader) wrote: >In article <19991008015949.27427.qmail@mail.ocs.com.au> you write: > >>Obviously this has to be a gradual changeover to allow users, >>distributions and other packages that refer to conf.modules to convert >>to the standard name. > >Why? Renaming conf.modules to modules.conf ist trivial, so why make >so much effort (and code) about it?
Because there are distributions out there with their own tools that directly update conf.modules. Any name change has to leave time for other code to get into sync. You do not break important tools without first giving users plenty of warning. This is not Microsoft.
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