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Re: [PATCH v3] Add core.mode configuration

From
Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date
Oct 16, 2013, 22:02 UTC
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From: "Felipe Contreras" <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
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> John Szakmeister wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Felipe Contreras
>> <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
>> [snip]
> Similarly, if a user does core.mode = next, the user is expecting to 
> enable all
> future behaviors, because that's what core.mode = next does, if he 
> doesn't want
> to do that, then why would he use that option?
>

Would this be a good time to suggest a specific wording should be proposed (or a reminder of what was proposed repeated) for the documentation of this option. It will be the documentation that users will refer to when they need to know, rather than the list discussions.

The too and fro discussion suggested that it would be important to present the chosen viewpoint well, so there would be no misunderstanding, such that 'users' of the mode realise that they are acting as testers, and there are no promises for the posterity of any trial behaviour, and they (the tester) have a 'caveat emptor' responsibility. And that they need to keep up with developments (list & release notes) so that at any update they know what will disappear and appear without warning.

Philip
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> Felipe Contreras
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Message 17 of 25 in “Add core.mode configuration”
  1. Add core.mode configurationFelipe Contreras, Oct 12, 2013
  2. Krzysztof MazurOct 14, 2013
  3. Felipe ContrerasOct 14, 2013
  4. Krzysztof MazurOct 15, 2013
  5. Felipe ContrerasOct 15, 2013
  6. Krzysztof MazurOct 15, 2013
  7. Felipe ContrerasOct 15, 2013
  8. Krzysztof MazurOct 15, 2013
  9. John SzakmeisterOct 15, 2013
  10. Felipe ContrerasOct 16, 2013
  11. Krzysztof MazurOct 16, 2013
  12. Felipe ContrerasOct 16, 2013
  13. John SzakmeisterOct 16, 2013
  14. John SzakmeisterOct 16, 2013
  15. Felipe ContrerasOct 16, 2013
  16. Felipe ContrerasOct 16, 2013
  17. Philip OakleyOct 16, 2013
  18. Jonathan NiederOct 16, 2013
  19. Philip OakleyOct 17, 2013
  20. Felipe ContrerasOct 17, 2013
  21. Felipe ContrerasOct 15, 2013
  22. Krzysztof MazurOct 15, 2013
  23. Felipe ContrerasOct 16, 2013
  24. Krzysztof MazurOct 16, 2013
  25. Felipe ContrerasOct 16, 2013

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