Sorry for the delay, I submitted from an invalid email address.>Please give a reason for the change >It is more likely that the information entered is correct than incorrect. Therefore the default should be that it''s correct.> and explain why it is a good idea >to have this long-standing behavior changed, which might cause >confusion in users. >Having the default answer be the most common answer will save time to adduser users.>Many unix tools operate on this (perhaps faulty) logic of ''do nothing >until confirmation'', so this is a paradigm I am comfortable and familiar >with. >I was not aware of such a "paradigm" (despite years of using Unix as main OS).>What benefits do you see coming from changing a long term >default >Explained above.>and can you describe how it outweighs the danger brought in by >change (e.g., admins whose fingers are used to hitting enter when they >make a mistake)? >I don''t see any "danger" in creating a user with incorrect information.
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tags #405905 wontfix thanks On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 08:31:00PM -0500, Philippe Cloutier wrote:> >Please give a reason for the change > > > It is more likely that the information entered is correct than > incorrect. Therefore the default should be that it''s correct. > > >and explain why it is a good idea > >to have this long-standing behavior changed, which might cause > >confusion in users. > > > Having the default answer be the most common answer will save time to > adduser users.That didn''t convince me. Until better arguments come up, I am not inclined to change the long standing default behavior of adduser. Tagging wontfix. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don''t trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835