On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Dave Rowe <[email protected]> wrote:
> till wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Kevin Landers <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Go here:
>>>
>>> http://www.roundcubeforum.net/requests/598-signature-above-quoted-text-reply.html#post3200
>>
>> Just to add to this without fueling the fire. :-) Of course you can do
>> whatever you want -- this is opensource! I also totally get why people
>> want it, but I am not a fan of patching the core code of  RoundCube.
>>
>> Reasons:
>> a) Makes maintenance harder (you will have to re-patch it with each
>> update).
>>
>> b) This patching generally leads to people updating less -- and we are
>> not a 1.0 yet. There can be issues. Just remember the exploits from
>> last year who were in 3rd party libs and we rolled out an update right
>> away, but the worm in January/February still hit a lot of
>> installations.
>>
>> Till
>
> This is something that interests me, from the standpoint of getting (albeit,
> a small bit) deeper into the RC code.  A relatively simple modification,
> that _helps_ someone.
>
> Based on the previous message (your reply to me) a patch would be welcome,
> but then in this message, you note that you're not a fan of patching the
> core code of RoundCube.  It may be a simple misunderstanding on my part, but
> are you meaning patching in the context of that forum posts solution, or
> patching for this feature altogether?
>
> What I'd prefer is a preference / setting (like you mentioned, per identity)
> determining where the cursor should be on replies, as well as, including the
> signature above the quote, on a reply.  Would this be a patch that would be
> more well received?
>
> Thanks!
> Dave

Mis-understanding. I don't recommend the patching of a .js file to
people. The solution on the forum doesn't add anything, it just
changes the default behavior for an entire install. If you want to
supply a patch to make this an option for the user, that's totally
fine and appreciated.

Till
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