On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:42:28 -0900, james(a)unlambda.com (James A. Crippen) said:
"Stefan Monnier"
<monnier+lists.xemacs.beta/news/(a)rum.cs.yale.edu> writes:
>> Or maybe it's time to change the configure default and rename the
>> configure option from "--debug" to "--strip".
>
> Nah... everyone would want to try it, just to see.
Just to see naked XEmacs? Mmm... I want to see some hot sweaty
XEmacs skin. What a turn on.
And I thought *I* needed to get out more... ;)
But users are users, and Stefan is correct. If there's an option listed, some
user will try it, just because. Once upon a time, I helped hack up a version of
Adventure, and added a lever to the game, with a sign "Please do not touch".
The only thing it did was make a notation if somebody gave the command "pull
lever".
Even 4 months after we added it, some 75% of the players were pulling it.
And that was without any visible feedback that it did anything useful.