On 11/18/09 10:48 PM, Ville Varis wrote:

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting so bad?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying behavior on email discussion lists?

;-)

> Ok, that is realy the answer for using 'ver' instead of timestamps, true
> and thanks. Should be seen there, I was thinking too much from
> algorithmic point of view forgetting some realities :)
> 
> All the rest from my post, I still agree with that 'ver' should be able
> to placed by publisher and this feature must be optional. Reasoning for
> Service to generate 'Ver' exists, and that is good for sure for many cases.
> 
> My main point being there exists also reasoning and use cases to allow
> publisher to set 'Ver'

What are the use cases for allowing the publisher to set the 'ver'?
Maybe we need some other tracking device (perhaps a per-item counter so
that you know this is the 3rd update to a particular item or whatever)
but I don't see a need to allow the publisher to specify the 'ver' (just
as we wouldn't allow an IM client to set the 'ver' for the roster).

/psa

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