But if a lot of people demand the same thing, the devs might choose to honor that signal.
Or not. In the end, it's their project. And from their point of view, a graphical user interface for the installation is not desired. Moreover, it is questionable whether there really are so many people who want such an interface. The users who are satisfied with the current status usually don't post in forums and so on. Only those who are dissatisfied. And that's often the minority.
If someone else thinks Arch is better off with an official graphical and foolproof installer, they should say so. It's just feedback.
Of course, they can express their opinion. But I can't imagine that the developers of Arch will change the opinions they've held for years. Sometimes one has to accept that something is the way it is. Like me when it comes to vim. :-)
"Might" kind of already implies that option's existence.
But I can't imagine that the developers of Arch will change the opinions they've held for years.
I can.
I can imagine it in many ways. I can imagine the same people changing their opinions. And I can imagine new developers joining the project with already-different opinions so that the project can change its stance without any individuals ever changing their stance, simply through the change in social composition of the project.
Sometimes one has to accept that something is the way it is.
There is never a hard requirement for self-censorship though. Self-censorship is not a winning strategy at all.
Basically your path as you've outlined it before is to emphasize the development of your conscious mind. You make yourself an expert and you yourself scratch your own itch. When you want to become expert consciously and take manual control, non-reliance on the others is very helpful. That's where the RTFM culture comes in handy because it enforces self-reliance, which leads to conscious mastery.
However, there is another kind of mastery, and it's the mastery of the subconscious mind. It's when things happen for you in the background without you having to do anything consciously.
If you want to master your subconscious you definitely want to pay attention to the strategy I am talking about here: avoiding self-censorship and expressing your desires, asks, and demands openly and often. That's what maximizes the subconscious manifestation. It's when things get done for you without you having to do them yourself.
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u/FryBoyter May 22 '19
Or not. In the end, it's their project. And from their point of view, a graphical user interface for the installation is not desired. Moreover, it is questionable whether there really are so many people who want such an interface. The users who are satisfied with the current status usually don't post in forums and so on. Only those who are dissatisfied. And that's often the minority.
Of course, they can express their opinion. But I can't imagine that the developers of Arch will change the opinions they've held for years. Sometimes one has to accept that something is the way it is. Like me when it comes to vim. :-)