[16609] in Athena Bugs
Re: netscape-fix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Barker)
Fri Jan 15 14:56:51 1999
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 13:38:45 -0500
To: "t. belton" <tbelton@MIT.EDU>
From: Mike Barker <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Jeremy Daniel <jdaniel@MIT.EDU>, web-agents@MIT.EDU, seph@MIT.EDU,
bugs@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96L.990115115859.10315B-100000@iphigenia.mit.ed
u>
I'm not sure if switching to delete (with the possibility of recovery) would
help or not?
mike
At 12:10 PM 1/15/99 -0500, t. belton wrote:
:)The original poster also asked (later) if we could just have the script do
:)the 'rm'.
:)
<clip>
:)The problem here is that you don't like telling the user to use 'rm',
:)because of what can go wrong, and I am equally leery of putting 'rm' in a
:)script anywhere, because that seems like a bigger risk. If the user goofs,
:)the Help Gods get a frantic call. If WE goof in the script (somehow - some
:)unanticipated glitch), the Help Gods get a frantic call AND it's our
:)fault. I guess I'd rather the user took the risk of messing up her own
:)space ... but that's not the greatest attitude in the world, I know.
:)
:)Anyone want to weigh in? Should we correct the message and leave it to
:)the user to actually do the 'rm', or make it so 'netscape-fix' does the
:)'rm' automagically? I'd like to change it one way or another today, so
:)speak up.
:)
