On 3/15/12 3:44 PM, Jens Hatlak wrote: > Philip TAYLOR wrote: >> But I still have no clear recollection of the Seamonkey team >> approaching this list with ideas for future versions of Seamonkey >> and asking for feedback on acceptability. > > For the latter part: That's because we don't do that. It would probably > bring development to a full halt (and I think it already is way too > slow, but I wouldn't be surprised if we disagreed about that). Anyway, > in this case that doesn't really matter since, as Callek said, the > change was made in core code by core (read: Firefox) developers. In such > cases, unless they provide a preference to disable the new behavior that > we could flip, there's not much we can do (other than forking code, > which is stupid). [Please ignore the aspect that it wasn't mentioned in > our relnotes, that was just an oversight.] > > Ideas for future versions are usually discussed in Bugzilla bugs or on > SeaMonkey Status Meetings (which happen in the open on IRC, and we > provide meeting notes on the wiki). > >> Could you please let me (us) know whether that is the norm, or are >> all decisions as to the evolutionary route taken by a central cadre >> without seeking the advice and opinions of the subscribers to this >> list ? > > Changes, especially core code ones, are usually only discussed in the > respective Bugzilla bugs, or maybe in some cases in meetings that I > don't attend (don't know). For SM changes it's similar (except the > meetings part); if developers are likely to disagree or need feedback on > technical aspects, the m.d.a.seamonkey newsgroup will be the place of > further discussion (unless it's somehow confidential, for which we have > mailing lists with a limited audience). For user facing changes that > cannot be turned off (happens rarely for SM-only code), discussion might > happen here (but no guarantee). > > HTH > > Jens >
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