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Re: lynx-dev yahoo cookies not working the same in 2.8.3.dev15
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Klaus Weide |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev yahoo cookies not working the same in 2.8.3.dev15 |
Date: |
Thu, 25 Nov 1999 11:21:54 -0600 (CST) |
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Leonid Pauzner wrote:
> 24-Nov-99 08:57 Klaus Weide wrote:
>
> > * changed default for PERSISTENT_COOKIES from TRUE to FALSE, since
> > persistent cookie support is now configured in by default -KW
>
> I think this is very confusing since 2.8.2 release was configured
> differently.
As far as I know, whoever was using persistent cookies with the 2.8.2
release was using an experimental feature.
You used that argument yourself, in a *somewhat* different context:
<http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month1099/msg00765.html>:
"in this particular case I feel it is not bad to break backward compatibility
with naming convention - persistent cookies were experimental anyway.
And EXP_PERSISTENT_COOKIES could now be renamed to PERSISTENT_COOKIES
symbol:)"
I gave my reasons in the (sub-)thread starting here:
<http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month1099/threads.html#00498>
It seems only mattack disagreed.
> Disabling persistent cookies seems a rare case and should
> be done explicitely, IMO.
Here's at least one person who seems to disagre vehemently with that:
<http://www.flora.org/lynx-dev/html/month1099/msg00599.html>
> > Is it really that hard to figure out that PERSISTENT_COOKIES in lynx.cfg
> > needs looking at?
>
> You should be ready to repeat this on lynx-dev for a while
> unless change the default back.
Nah, Larry was having a bad day...
It's not representative. (Not for lynx users in general, and not for
Larry.)
If I'm wrong with that - ok, I am ready to repeat
"Set PERSISTENT_COOKIES in lynx.cfg"
on lynx-dev for a while. It's just four words.
Klaus
Re: lynx-dev yahoo cookies not working the same in 2.8.3.dev15, Larry W. Virden, 1999/11/24