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 _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
