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On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:50:48 +0100 |
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Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> >>>>> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> > I need it there for as long as there is support for it in Paludis, |
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> > which is two major releases away if we do this the responsible way |
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> So keep an old version of it around for your own personal use. Where's |
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> the problem with this? |
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There are better mechanisms available, and they have zero cost since |
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they've already been implemented. |
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> > What's wrong with leaving something that's already there in place |
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> > for a while longer? |
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> It makes the LaTeX source almost unreadable in some places, and |
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> therefore makes working with it more difficult. |
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Then ask the Council for permission to turn it on unconditionally. |
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Having said that, the people who have done the majority of the most |
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recent changes haven't had any particular difficulty with the |
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conditionals. |
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> And please specify what timeframe you mean by "a while". Weeks, |
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> months, years? |
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Two major releases is almost certainly less than six months. Or, if |
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you prefer, I can guarantee that the removal warning will be in a |
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release that will come out no later than a week after EAPI 4 goes live, |
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and that the removal can go ahead three months after that. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |