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The discussion is kinda pointless after blatant lie

Posted Nov 11, 2009 23:26 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
In reply to: Clutter by ncm
Parent article: GNOME 3.0 in September 2010

By contrast, allowing bits you don't use to be turned off, or omitted, doesn't create that kind of test-engineering load.

You are right, in a way: it does not create that kind of test-engineering load. It creates 10 times worse load. You must retest all programs included - huge trouble. And what for? To safe two cents of HDD space? Sorry - if you want this feature, you must implement is yourself...

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It is pointless to discuss anything with someone who accuses you of lying.

Posted Nov 12, 2009 1:25 UTC (Thu) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link]

What it says. Curiously, falsely accusing another party of dishonesty is a favorite tactic of the dishonest to avoid addressing the matter at hand.

Allowing things to be turned off does not, in fact, add to testing load.

It is pointless to discuss anything with someone who accuses you of lying.

Posted Nov 12, 2009 15:17 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Yes it does: you have to make sure that the rest of the system works with
all combinations of the deactivateable components deactivated.