Re: [PATCH] update-grub for Cygwin

[Robert Millan]

On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 02:13:43PM +0200, Christian Franke wrote:
> >
> >Why not have the user write a custom entry then?  I think it clutters the
> >user interface to add options for everything.  If a corner case (boot a non
> >native disk, can't use os-prober) can be supported by creating a new config
> >file, why not do that?  It was the whole reason for designing update-grub 
> >to
> >be easily extensible.
> 
> Even with the new configuration parameter, user can still decide to 
> leave the parameter unset and write a custom entry.

My concern is not with presenting too many options to the user, but with having
to support them.  In general, if a use case can be supported without adding a
new user option, I think it's much better not to add it.

-- 
Robert Millan

  The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
  how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
  still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."