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Re: [bug-hello] modularity
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Karl Berry |
Subject: |
Re: [bug-hello] modularity |
Date: |
Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:05:00 -0500 |
Hi Miguel,
Thanks for writing.
But I think that a main of about a hundred lines is not a good example
for beginners.
I agree.
the "mail" option must be separated in more functions.
My plan is to delete the mail option. It has no business being in
a hello,world program.
I am not a very good programmer, so I think you have had a good
explication to do it as it is.
There is no good explanation that I know of. I suspect the programmers
who originally created hello did so late at night, and threw in a bunch
of jokes, including that mail "reader".
Since I think the package can actually serve a useful purpose, and
nobody was actively working on it, I asked to become the maintainer a
few weeks ago.
I can make the modifications I said.
Thank you for the offer, but there's no need. I need to revamp the
thing from the ground up.
I don't know when I'll be able to make another release, but I'll look
forward to your comments whenever it happens.
Happy holiday hacking,
karl