Re: [G2R] Re: PATCH for some random stuff.
- From: Dave Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>
- To: Bruce Robert Pocock <brpocock 10east com>
- Cc: Michael Meeks <michael ximian com>, Alex Larsson <alexl redhat com>, John Fleck <jfleck inkstain net>, G2R <gnome2-release-team gnome org>, nautilus-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: [G2R] Re: PATCH for some random stuff.
- Date: 26 Jun 2002 12:26:29 -0400
On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 12:19, Bruce Robert Pocock wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 08:19, Michael Meeks wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 14:20, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> > > The question is more whether it's ok to remove preferences from schemas
> > > files in a stable release.
> >
> > I think common sense would dictate that there is no merit in leaving an
> > ignored preference lying around, and since the feature doesn't really
> > work either ...
>
> Devil's Advocate: Would this be an issue in cases of e.g. one user, two
> machines, where the preference might be active on one machine but
> archaic on the other? That's the Microsoft explanation for the Windows
> policy of "never delete from the Registry..."
>
In this case this preference will never work ever (I don't think it ever
really did even)...but in general you have a point.
dave
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