Re: Custom headers RFE WAS: Re: [Evolution] RFE: ability to add headers to "standard" display.

[Rob Walker <rob myinternetplace net>]

On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 18:16, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 20:44, Rob Walker wrote:
> [snip]
> > > it will severely increase the complexity of the display code, and it's
> > > already nasty enough as it is without adding to it.
> >
> > Oh, ok.  That's too bad.  I hoped that the display code had separate
> > areas for building the headers and then building the body, and then the
> > two were put together.
>
> actually the code isn't as nasty as I thought it was... (just took a
> look)
>
> > > There has to be a line drawn somewhere where it makes sense to say "no"
> > > and I believe this feature to be over the line.
> >
> > Rats.  What would it take to change your mind?  ;-)
>
> someone sending in a patch that was beautifully implemented containing 0
> bugs and a sinch to maintain :-)
>
> ie, no work will ever have to be done by me ever in the future.

Now....  we all know _that_ won't happen, don't we?

> I think the better solution would be to do one of the following:
>
> 1. expand "Normal Display" by 1 or 2 (max) more (hard coded) headers
> that would make sense to display.
>
> or
>
> 2. We add another view "More Headers" that contained say 3 or 4
> additional headers that were hard coded.

Now that I know you stand a good chance of maintaining the code, I can
see better why you are in favor of hard coding these things.  

thanks,
rob

ps.  would fifty bucks change your mind?  :-)