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Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>:
> Don't get me wrong. I'm NOT opposed to having a config tool everyone and
> their aunt can use. I'm opposed to that tool taking away the options expert
> users have to do what they know is right for them.

I'll take that as a vote for (b), to handle even perverse configurations 
even if it means adding a lot of complexity to the ruleset.
-- 
		<a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>

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by night and by day, gaining a little today and a little tomorrow, and
advancing its noiseless step like a thief over the field of
jurisdiction until all shall be usurped from the States; and the
government of all be consolidated into one.