24.10.04 at 19:51, Michael Heydekamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Martin Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24.10.04:

>> 23.10.04 at 23:48, Michael Heydekamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>>> That's just what I said.  But Joachim was saying that it would have
>>> been "corrected" to "Lister" again (I didn't verify if he's really
>>> correct). And that's exactly what I want to avoid: Reversing earlier
>>> corrections just because we put ourselves under time pressure and
>>> wanna be finished at a specific date.

>> It's never a good idea to quote a release date or to set a time
>> schedule because the folks who have to adhere to the schedule(s) are
>> merely doing everything as a hobby and "real life" will always
>> interfere.

> ACK.  Unfortunately there seem to be some difficulties in finding a
> common position in this point with the rest of the gang.

Hmmm, I wasn't aware of that but I'm sure common sense will prevail and
common ground will be found.

>>> It may even happen that the reversion of such "corrections" may be
>>> overlooked by you or me when looking through a huge resource or help
>>> file.  That's the danger I'm seeing.

>> Yes and having re-compiled the 3.21 sources just 10 minutes ago and
>> having had a very quick look around, I've already spotted a number of
>> things that need correcting.

> Just to avoid misunderstandings: *Although* you are saying in another
> posting that MW's changes are fine, right?

Right.

> It's just that a lot more changes need to be done, did I get that
> right?

Yes, absolutely.

-- 
Martin

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