On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Edwin Leuven wrote:

> > This message is contained within src/frontends/xforms/ChangeLog ...
> 
> Suppose I want some new find/replace functionality and change the way the 
> search function is called.  After implementing the changes in the qt2 
> frontend I can leave it at that and think: well the xforms, kdes and gnomes 
> will read the Changelog. But *I* changed the api so that makes *me* 
> responsible for calls to the function.
> 
> It is just about being a good neighbour and about negative externalities.
                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

sure, and being a good neighbour is strictly optional. I don't know about
you but I would rather have Lars spend time on the kernel than fiddle about
in the frontends

john

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