Hi Dagobert, > All this added complexity seems highly overengineered for a feature > that is not in the core functionality of the tool and that only a > fraction of the users use. Keep in mind: a good tool is one that does > a single job right.
Andrew already answered you mail with a bunch of arguments. I am very conform with his writing, your posting puzzled me as well. Your above sentence let me want to say: - The new option is not complex. - It is straight forward, and not 'over engineered' or even 'highly over engineered'. - The added code doesn't interfere with the existing code in a way that you would experience side-effects, if you do not use it. - There is no incidence that Wget is doing it's job worse than before. - The new option adds value to Wget by making a core functionality tunable. - And not to forget: Andrew already did all the coding work (Thank you, Andrew !) Regards, Tim
