On Thursday, 27 June 2013 at 06:59:49 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
ad populum obviously isn't enough. But if we make a design
decision that
favors 1% of our user base and causes problems for the other
99%, then I think
that we've made a big mistake. And while having most everyone
disagree with
one person does not make that person wrong, it _does_ make it
more likely that
they're wrong. So, while ad populum should not be the sole
reason to make a
decision, I think that it's generally a bad idea to ignore it.
I'm not trying
to say anything about this particular discussion and whether we
should go with
the majority on this; I'm just pointing out that ignoring what
the majority
thinks is not necessarily a good idea.
I second Andrei on that one. It is useful in all cases string
format is passed as argument/configuration/whatever.
