LYNX-DEV style code (was Re: More on ... crashes)

[Klaus Weide]

On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, Nelson Henry Eric wrote:

> > 1. if no further work on the code is expected to occur, would it make
> > sense to remove the code, or at least remove any options to activate it?
> 
> I wouldn't want to see this worthwhile experiment go down the tubes.
> Just ifdef the heck out of it.

Already is, always has been.

> If you mean, remove _references_ to the
> option in up-front documents like INSTALLATION, you have a good point
> (e.g., it would be easy to bury the mention of the option in userdefs.h
> and remove its listing in configure --help).

I don't care much either way; it's the (potential) users and installers
who are in a better position to say what is confusing.

Besides - maybe it *does* work better now, even for Larry and Henry. :)
(One can hope.)

Of course it is no adequate substitute for a more general style mechanism,
and may be a dead end as far as "development" is concerned.  (Who knows?)

> > 2. if users should not report problems on this code, perhaps that would
> > be worthwhile to mention in the docs?
> 
> I did a rewrite of Klaus's mention of it where he talks about the lss_file
> in userdefs.h, and I could make the wording more explicit to "not report
> problems on this code", but I need to understand Klaus's feeling on this
> issue better before I venture any more suggestions for changes/corrections.

I'm not the only subscriber to this list; should the list ever get deluded
with problem reports about "this code", I'll learn how to ignore them :),
and somebody else may get annoyed before me. :) :)

Anybody can report any (relevant) problem they want to lynx-dev as far as 
I know, they may just be wasting their time by reporting things that have
been reported 20 times before and have been answered, or stuff nobody is
going to do anything about, and they may or may not get a response...
Nothing new, really. :)


    Klaus

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