[Mediawiki-l] Re: Are old versions kept indefinitely

Sat Jan 14 22:44:05 UTC 2006

> From: Sy Ali <sy1234 at gmail.com>
>
> It seems that a lot of
> people ask it and this feature won't be implemented for political
> reasons.

That has some negative connotations. Why don't we just say the  
developers don't want to go in that direction, and leave it at that,  
instead of constantly whining and tossing insinuations about?

We have a clash of values here. You value what you're trying to  
accomplish. Another person I've been corresponding with is blind to  
any value except "market share." The founders of WikiPedia have a set  
of values that they've implemented. Just leave it at that -- or fork  
off your own version that implements your own "values."

> ... now if I take this hammer, and I turn it around and I use the
> pry-part and wriggle it into the head of the screw, and I turn ...

I don't think anyone cares if you do this.

The issue is that you're proposing that the end of the hammer be  
sharpened to make it more suitable for driving screws, and then  
insist that the manufacture take back your "improved" design and  
incorporate it into all future hammers. Classic clash of values.

:::: ECONOMIST: a person who, upon encountering an auditorium  
containing 48,000 destitute, unemployed people and Bill Gates, says,  
“On average, I see a room full of millionaires!” ::::
:::: Jan Steinman http://www.EcoReality.org ::::