Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-36,: Re: config-menus

# Re: config-menus

David Weinehall (tao@acc.umu.se)
Wed, 8 Sep 1999 02:26:26 +0200 (MET_DST)

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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...

/David
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