Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Sep 1999 02:26:26 +0200 (MET_DST) | From | David Weinehall <> | Subject | Re: config-menus |
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On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> > o A "Prompt for drivers/code flagged DANGEROUS" option in the > > code-maturity section that is conditional depending on EXPERIMENTAL > > What is the difference between experimental/dangerous, except the latter > scares people.
That was kind of the idea... There is a reason for flagging code DANGEROUS. Only people who really doesn't care if their dogs die, their grandmas get abducted by aliens, their disks crashed and their screens burned out enables such code, while many wannabe hackers enables EXPERIMENTAL code.
It's all a question of psychology. While EXPERIMENTAL sounds cool and inviting, DANGEROUS doesn't quite have that ring to itself...
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