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Re: Instead of ~Moved to
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Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:09:44 GMT
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Tore,

I'm not really seeing the problem in the parts\s directory - there are 18 "moved
to" files there.

My parts directory has 456 "moved to" files, but there's not really any way
around having those -- they serve two purposes:

a) provide backwards compatibility for existing model files
b) because ldraw.org's distribution method can only add & update files,
providing stub files seems to be the best way to overwrite obsolete files.

Steve



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  Re: Instead of ~Moved to
 
(...) For some reason, those 18 "moved to" files in parts\s make a lot of noise for me. I know they shouldn't but they do and I haven't figured out the reason yet. There is another problem. It is kind of subtile, so I don't know if I'm able to (...) (15 years ago, 20-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
  Re: Instead of ~Moved to
 
(...) <SNIP> (...) The problem is that it doesn't. As I pointed out in my latest post, (URL) , almost every single existing LDraw model file ever made needs to be updated with every parts update realeasd. That has absolutely nothing to do with true (...) (15 years ago, 20-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)

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To me, all these "~Moved to" files are just trouble and extra work and lots of extra files in the Parts, Parts\S, and P folders. And for each parts update, the extra work and problems seem to increase exponentially. I know, one can say some of the (...) (15 years ago, 19-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)

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