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by IAmBroom 233 days ago
Huh? How is "the appropriate environment variable" the "stated user preference"?
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bee_rider 233 days ago
Setting environment variables is how we state our preferences.
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IAmBroom 233 days ago
So, a user explicitly choosing a path for software P to be different from software suites A-O is somehow not choosing a preference?

And this "we" you speak of... 1% of users? 0.1%?

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