https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166723

--- Comment #50 from Eyal Rozenberg <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to Lars Jødal from comment #49)
> Reinstate: Alice is not happy about the change, but instead of just
> deciding, she uses Reinstate to produce a text that contains tracks of the
> proposed change. _If_ Accept is used on the text after Reinstate, the result
> will correspond to Reject (unchanged baseline). But the case is not closed,
> and Bob has the possibility of editing the change futher (Reject, Reinstate,
> rewriting...).

Lars, I'm sorry, but - you're just repeating a mistaken claim from earlier
comments. Remember: "reinstate" accepts a change into the baseline, then
creates a tracked reversion of the original change, i.e. removes the change
from the proposed version of the document. Thus, instead of Bob having to
convince Alice to accept his proposal, a "reinstate" would put her in the
position of needing to convince Bob to accept her proposal.

So, in this scenario, Alice would certainly _not_ use "reinstate".

> Can we agree that this scenario describes reasonable use of Reinstate (as
> well as Accept and Reject)?

No, it is an _unreasonable_ use of "reinstate".

Moreover, you neglected to include my first set of proposals, which is the
actual functionality of this command: "Accept and track reversion" (or similar
wording).

>  As a user, I
> would prefer "Oppose change" or "Reject but track", both of which to me
> reasonably well describes what I/Alice wants to do with the proposed change.

As a user, it is imperative that we not show you the command with that name,
since that would reinforce a misperception of its semantics. Alice, who opposes
the change, would, in fact, be accepting it, which is really not what she wants
to do.

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