Rob Kendrick wrote on 13 Feb:
> ...back then the same issue happened ("occurs in revision" field not
> accepting an "r") and yet nobody complained!
My point was just a general one that software needs to anticipate that
different users might input stuff in ways that are obvious with
hindsight.
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 03:24:19AM -0800, Dave Higton wrote:
>
> I think Netsurf is alone in RISC OS applications in having a version
> number incorporating a hash.
It's not a version number, it is a test build number. And it's odd that
nobody complained about test build numbers beginning with "
On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 10:59:06 GMT Jim Nagel wrote:
> You'd think the software behind the bug-tracker could simply ignore
> the "#" if people type it in this box. It would seem natural enough
> for a user to type it, since "#" is shown loud&clear in the Netsurf
> info box as part of the version num
On 13 Feb 2014 Jim Nagel wrote:
> You'd think the software behind the bug-tracker could simply ignore
> the "#" if people type it in this box. It would seem natural enough
> for a user to type it, since "#" is shown loud&clear in the Netsurf
> info box as part of the version number.
Well there
Brian Bailey wrote on 11 Feb:
> ... I'm not into guessology. # is not a British convention
> anyway so far as I am aware, for some 80ish years, it's a hindrance! Why
> put it there when it serves no useful purpose, I ask?
You'd think the software behind the bug-tracker could simply ignore
the "#"
