Re: FS#9873 - Utilise buttons for playlisting

[Jonathan Gordon]

2009/3/4 Paul Louden <paulthen...@gmail.com>:
> Jonathan Gordon wrote:
>>
>> the h300/e200 ports have had nothing assigned to the rec button for
>> over 2 years now... I think we can all agree they are spare... new
>> ports its up to the developer, and exsisting targets... its up to the
>> custom builders
>>
>
> Unused is not the same as spare. If this patch had been proposed before the
> H300 port was released, with that intended to be the original function of
> the short press, you couldn't use the "2 years" argument for calling it
> spare. Come up with another definition for why it's a spare button that
> isn't based on the fact that nobody bothered to do the work yet.
>
I'm not going to bother.. unused is the same as spare in my mind. And
anyway... if you want to say that the button is used and explicitly
chosen to do nothing then why are we talking about changing the
assignment? buttons almost never get changed.