On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Xavier <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Magnus Therning <[email protected]> wrote: >> Daenyth Blank wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 14:59, Aaron Griffin <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> This seems overly complicated if you ask me. Management of scripts in >>>> your home dir should be up to you (or some script), but system-wide >>>> stuff should install system-wide. I really hate the Debian idea of >>>> needing N steps to install software, instead of just 1 step. >>>> >>>> If you ask me, a script that will manually download and install >>>> scripts from vim.org to your home dir is FAR superior to requiring >>>> additional steps beyond simply installing a package >>>> >>> >>> Big +1 on this from me. KISS >> >> Sure, but KISS in what respect and for whom? >> > > KISS is a design principle which applies to software development. > > Simplicity refers to the design of your software solution, not to its > usage by an user (that is user friendliness).
It's a bit more than that, it's a general principle of avoiding complexity ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle ), hence my question. /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe
