From: Eric Schulte <eric.schulte@gmx.com>
To: Martyn Jago <martyn.jago@btinternet.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] Inconsistency in src block hiding
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:48:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878vl34l9w.fsf@gmx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m2d3af3nbh.fsf@btinternet.com
Martyn Jago <martyn.jago@btinternet.com> writes:
> Hi
>
> Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Eric Schulte <eric.schulte@gmx.com> writes:
>>
>>> Well maybe we should roll back this change.
>>
>> Please don't. _That_ would be a regression.
>>
>
> These changes /have/ caused a software regression, and should be
> reverted immediately, since:
>
> - they change current expected and implemented behavior to the cost of
> users expectations and current use, with no prior discussion and
> agreement on behavior changes
>
I'm inclined to agree. I've just reverted the removal of results
folding pending further discussion. I apologize for the inconvenience.
>
> It has been proven that to achieve the required consistency set out by
> this thread /without/ breaking current expectations is less than
> straight-forward, and the changes should therefore be moved to
> EXPERIMENTAL - at least until the changes are proven not to break
> current expectations.
>
> Much of org-mode is currently inconsistent - and while it is highly
> desirable to improve on that situation, it should not become the major
> decision to change code at the cost of regression - org-mode is a very
> practical system used successfully by lots of (very appreciative)
> people, and while all users appreciate bug fixes / enhancements in the
> fast-moving repository that is org-mode (thanks Carsten), clear
> regression such as this should be avoided in master at all costs.
>
My adviser is fond of saying something along the lines of "programming
languages should let you break the rules". To the extent that Org-mode
is a document programming language its rules should be flexible as well.
Best,
>
> At least that is my understanding of the development model as
> established by Carsten.
>
> If this is /not/ the case, then many people are wasting their time
> writing regression tests IMHO.
>
> Best, Martyn
>
>
> [...]
>
>
>
--
Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-19 18:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-20 10:00 [BUG] Inconsistency in src block hiding Nicolas Goaziou
2011-11-20 15:53 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-20 19:33 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2011-11-21 18:24 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-22 16:15 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-22 18:19 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2011-11-22 23:23 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-23 15:25 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2011-11-28 8:09 ` Eric Schulte
2011-12-11 13:53 ` Bastien
2011-12-11 14:08 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2011-12-11 16:25 ` Eric Schulte
2011-12-11 16:04 ` Eric Schulte
2011-12-11 17:04 ` Bastien
2012-01-17 2:26 ` Bernt Hansen
2012-01-17 17:49 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-01-17 17:59 ` Bernt Hansen
2012-01-18 10:45 ` Leo Alekseyev
2012-01-18 16:02 ` Rick Frankel
2012-01-18 16:19 ` Eric Schulte
2012-01-18 17:36 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-01-19 12:10 ` Martyn Jago
2012-01-19 14:48 ` Eric Schulte [this message]
2012-01-19 15:22 ` Rick Frankel
2012-01-19 19:18 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-01-19 14:41 ` Eric Schulte
2012-01-19 19:26 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-01-24 3:41 ` Eric Schulte
2012-01-24 4:23 ` Leo Alekseyev
2012-01-24 4:44 ` Jambunathan K
2012-01-24 7:59 ` Andreas Leha
2012-01-24 20:39 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-01-28 16:08 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-01-25 0:00 ` Nick Dokos
2012-01-25 2:23 ` Bernt Hansen
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