Gervase Markham wrote:
>The problem with 4xp is that it's a very fuzzy keyword.
>
Of our classification keywords, that's one of the most rational ones.
>So is a bug not 4xp, and therefore less high priority, simply
>because 4.x coincidentally screwed up in the same way?
>
Yes.
If a bug exists in 4.x, it is well-known and will have to be worked
around for quite some time anyway. If we introduce a bug that didn't
exist in 4.x, that's an additional one to work around and cause problems.
I'm not saying to we should ship with any such bugs.
>PGP is not going to make Mozilla 1.0.
>
I hope that the last word hasn't been spoken on this matter. We have a
working patch. It needs improvement, but that can be done in reasonable
time, and it can be checked in without much risk of regressions.
