On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 07:50:10AM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> 
> Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com> writes:
> > On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 07:10:51AM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> >> 
> >> SODA Noriyuki <soda@sra.co.jp> writes:
> >> >> "make -rm an alias for -delete"
> >> >
> >> > I think adding this "-rm" alias is a bad idea.
> >> > (On the other hand, I'm one who asked Elad to add the -delete option.)
> >> 
> >> It is convenient.
> >
> > And I have had "ll" aliased to "ls -l" for almost two decades.  I,
> > personally, find this convenient.  I will commit /usr/bin/ll in a few
> > minutes if nobody objects.
> >
> > Personal preference is no reason to gunk up the system with redundant
> > features.
> 
> There are two schools of thought here. One of them is that we would be
> better off removing everything that wasn't in v7. The other is that
> making life more convenient for the users leads to a more pleasant
> operating system.
> 
> If you want to run v7, though, it is available for download.

Clearly, you're right.  What can I say?

I will endeavor, then, to do my part towards more convenient life for
the users and a more pleasant operating system.

--
 Thor Lancelot Simon	                                      tls@rek.tjls.com
   But as he knew no bad language, he had called him all the names of common
 objects that he could think of, and had screamed: "You lamp!  You towel!  You
 plate!" and so on.              --Sigmund Freud