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>>>>> On Mon, 29 Sep 2014, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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>> The same tags shouldn't be used for different things. First of all, |
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>> the <name> tag is optional, so we cannot rely on its being present. |
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>> Second, for a given e-mail address, some information is needed |
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>> where to look it up. If it is a developer, their name can be found |
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>> in the developers' database. If it is a herd, its description can |
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>> be found in a different place, currently herds.xml. |
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>> Even if this information had only marginal importance, I don't see |
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>> why we should drop it. |
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>>>>>>> On Tue, 30 Sep 2014, Jeroen Roovers wrote: |
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>>> Please provide some examples of when and how that piece of |
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>>> information, "herd", is important. |
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>> Don't shift the burden of proof, please. |
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> Meh, knowing if the status quo is useful is as helpful as knowing if |
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> changing it is useful. Certainly reasons to change have been |
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> presented. If there are reasons not to change besides inertia it |
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> would be helpful to know what they are... |
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I had just given some reasons above, in the part that you haven't |
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quoted. |
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