On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 01:13:03PM GMT, Nick Holland wrote: > On 01/24/17 04:06, Raf Czlonka wrote: > ... > > Another way to look at it is, "Let me have a look if there's anything > > new on faq/current.html - I open the page and, *without* moving > > forward, can see straight away if something new has been added. No? > > Then I move on with my life without scrolling down or doing anything > > else apart from opening the page". Given OpenBSD's rapid development, > > new entries on faq/current.html appear quite frequently - I'm only > > thinking of the tiny amount of time saved each time. > > What I think you are not thinking of is that in addition to being a list > of things that have changed, it is also a list of changes that have to > be done ... often IN PARTICULAR ORDER. > > As it is, you read down until you hit where you are, then follow the > instructions in order. "more difficult" in your argument, but logical. > > As you propose, you read down until you find where you are not, then > change directions and read backwards. That's not intuitive, normal, or > reasonable to expect. Most likely, your plan will have people making > changes in reverse order...which may often work, but sometimes > won't...and won't be the order the developers will be testing.
Hi Nick, This is the most reasonable reply I have received thus far :^) Thanks, Raf
