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Re: Making duplex via LPROPT the default for new accounts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Reed)
Wed Apr 16 14:45:58 2008
Cc: Oliver Thomas <othomas@mit.edu>, owls@mit.edu, release-team@mit.edu
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From: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@MIT.EDU>
To: Camilla R Fox <cfox@mit.edu>
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It's equally easy for us to create a stock answer for "How do I make
single-sided printing the default?", so it doesn't really matter to me
which method we choose. If there's a chance of people's
customizations getting clobbered, than we can punt my suggestion.
-Jon
On Apr 16, 2008, at 2:38 PM, Camilla R Fox wrote:
>
> It may be Jon's standard practice, but it's never been mine; in the
> simple case that presents like "add isn't in my path" I prefer a
> solution that's idempotent and simple, over one that preserves data at
> all costs.
>
> But, the backups have only gotten easier to access over the years,
> so I
> think it's still an acceptable risk.
>
> -Camilla
