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Subject: Re: Digests, phase zero
From: Bill Houle <bhoule @ sparc . sandiegoca . ncr . com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 17:28:02 -0700 (PDT)
To: rogerk @ QueerNet . ORG (Roger B.A. Klorese)
Cc: tibbs @ hpc . uh . edu, bhoule @ sparc . sandiegoca . ncr . com, rsw @ Glue . umd . edu, majordomo-workers @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <Pine.BSI.4.04.9809251659180.2982-100000@queernet.queernet.org> from "Roger B.A. Klorese" at Sep 25, 98 05:05:03 pm

Roger B.A. Klorese said:
> 
> Most of the patches I've seen have been "I want a different behavior"
> patches.  I count maybe a half-dozen non-incorporated actual fixes in over
> a year.

I think we're splitting hairs here. Majordomo is designed for a very
specific purpose: you get it, install it, send it some mail, and it
distributes it. Naturally, all the tweaks & patches are going to 
center around "behaviors" relative to those functions.

Roger's point about bloatware -- he called it feature-of-the-week --
is valid, but probably not applicable to Mj2 (save for my feature
request for dynamic lists :).

Not everyone wants all tweaks. But many will want most. (Actually, I
think its like getting a 350mhz Pentium to replace your 200. Sure,
you don't *need* it, but once you get it, it will be hard to go back.)

--bill



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