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Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7
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Jon Steinhart |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7 |
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Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:24:59 -0700 |
Ralph Corderoy writes:
> Hi Jon,
>
> > I think that people should have to flip a switch to get the new
> > behavior. Avoids the "breaking things" surprises.
>
> How about the opposite of Python's `from future import ...'? Have a
> ~/.mh_profile entry like `old-fogey' or `stuck-in-1989' as a global
> decision maker when code changes to support both old and new ways.
> Wouldn't help when the code to support `old' is being discarded because
> keeping both isn't practical, but for the smaller choices of defaults,
> etc., you could set the flag once and then forget about it?
>
> Cheers, Ralph.
That would be fine. In this case, the change won't affect me. But, if
someone has a pile of mhn that they depend on it would be nice to give
them some time to convert instead of just creating an emergency for them.
Jon
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, norm, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ken Hornstein, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, norm, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ken Hornstein, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Jon Steinhart, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ken Hornstein, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Jon Steinhart, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ken Hornstein, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Jon Steinhart, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ralph Corderoy, 2014/08/19
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7,
Jon Steinhart <=
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, norm, 2014/08/19
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Jon Steinhart, 2014/08/19
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Andreas Wittkemper, 2014/08/19
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ken Hornstein, 2014/08/19
Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, norm, 2014/08/19
Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Jerrad Pierce, 2014/08/19
Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ken Hornstein, 2014/08/19