[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] Fix restore handling checks

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michal Novotny writes ("Re: [PATCH] Fix restore handling checks"):
> Are you saying that it's OK for administrators to violate the IDE specs 
> and do it the way that is should never be done since this way it's not 
> working on bare-metal systems ? This is the breach and it shouldn't be 
> done this way so why to allow it? Shouldn't we care the code complies 
> with the specifications to have it done the right way?

The job of the programmer is to give effect to the wishes of the
users, not to comply with rules from elsewhere.  If the wishes of the
users conflict with rules from elsewhere, including specs, then the
programmer should do what the user wants.

Ian.

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