Re: Will Gnome _EVER_ be stable?

[stan <stanb awod com>]

On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 02:33:19AM +0000, iain wrote:
> 
> > 1. Create backup copy of config to be changed.
> > 2. Verify that you have an _exact_ copy.
> > 3. Edit original.
> > 4. If _any_ problem occurs, renmae copy to orignal name.
> >    Note that this is a _rename_ which will not require _any_ additional space,
> >    since you will only be modifying directory structure entires.
> 
> No it's not.
> To create the copy, you need twice the space.

Mmm, you've got the swquncee wrong.

Step 1 is where you create the copy, and where you need the space.
After taht no more space is needed, except perhaps when you do something
that _adds_ to the new copy. But once you have the copy made, you can 
always back out to it.

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