> I'm trying to concentrate on very general questions > about how these two proposals work. The question, "Do you use zip or tar or > base64?" is just not worth discussing at this point. ...
Richard, We are both tired of this discussion. My proposal is solid. I can provide every bit of detail if you would like to know. There has been no big issue with it except for this "cluster the dialog" one. You repeated many times that your proposal is better, but without solid reasons. Your proposal is still in its infancy, with only a core idea. Whenever I ask you something specific, you would hide behind this 'implementation detail' excuse. How long have we been discussion this embedding idea? Two month? More? How much time have we wasted on all these emails? Every tiny aspect of our proposals, the pros and cons of many implementation details have been extensively discussed. It is really time for you to sit down and think, and pick the best implementation for your approach. You do not have to write down any code. You simply need to figure out how exactly you would like to open and save a file, how to insert external files, how to update them, what file format to use, how to bundle/unbundle, compress/uncompress etc. It may not be easy, but should be a much better way to spend your time than emailing back and forth here with me. If you need guidelines, the problems I have pointed out with your approach (see the wiki) are things you can try to avoid. I have enough patience to wait for a solid proposal, just let me know much time you will need. With regards, Bo
