Entirely wasting my time, but ... On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 02:33:10PM +0200, Andre Poenitz wrote:
> I guess you'd hear me as soon anybody tries to _release_ 1.4.0 like this. Are you seriously stating you'll veto this ? AFAIK you don't have this right over the menus. > > Especially as you are too lazy to do the groundwork to argue your case. > > Groundwork? It has been like that all the time. People are used to it. > If there is no technical reason for the change and if there is no > consensus it should stay as it was. There is consensus amongst everybody except you. That includes Lars and JMarc. There are technical reasons for the change. Again, you're too lazy to actually argue the points from what I can see. Every time I reply with a detailed rationale, you go quiet. I'm not stupid enough to try again. > I've been using LyX for six years now, and I find > > - Layout -> Document > - Layout -> Paragraph > - Layout -> Character > > very logical now. The phrasing of this sentence makes my point perfectly I think. For the last time, if *you* (or any other user) doesn't want to make the change, use classic.ui ! [Detailed explanation elided as you will neither listen nor respond to it] > And if you start arguing the math font changes: I can't remember anybody > complaining about them (there might be one or two, but I forgot), but there There were, though my memory is equally not so good. > have been strong technical grounds and 1.3.x has been out for a while now. > So it doesn't seem that bad. On the other hand the menu items of some > developer version confuses users every second week. Go figure. Fundamental changes sometimes cause problems during periods of transition. This does not necessarily imply the change is bad. Furthermore, I count *one* user complaining so far, plus Michael S. asking about the rationale for the changes. john
