[PATCH] Install customization packages left for us by a USB key.

C. Scott Ananian cscott at laptop.org
Fri Mar 7 12:04:29 EST 2008


On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Michael Stone <michael at laptop.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 10:11:06AM -0500, C. Scott Ananian wrote:
>  > Why is this being proposed, Michael?
>
>  I believe that, when used judiciously, it adds valuable flexibility to
>  the customization process that our deployment teams, the individuals who
>  wind up maintaining the laptops' on-site over the course of their
>  lifetimes, and our developers will appreciate.
>
>  I'll leave it to you to articulate your view of the potential hazards
>  that my 'judicious use' qualification carefully masks.

I asked for specific use cases.  I'm not interested in supporting
risky things that are unnecessary but "might be nice somehow".  Let's
make our support problems *better*, not *worse*.
 --scott

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