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Re: Instead of ~Moved to
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lugnet.cad
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Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:37:49 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss wrote:
> Tore,
<SNIP>
> My parts directory has 456 "moved to" files, but there's not really any way
> around having those -- they serve two purposes:
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> a) provide backwards compatibility for existing model files
The problem is that it doesn't. As I pointed out in my latest post,
http://news.lugnet.com/cad/?n=16880 , 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 backwards compability. Be it that this is
fully automatically made in many different LCad appclications. But nevertheless,
an LDraw model can never ever be considered as finished. And that is IMHO
opinion very unsatisfactory and needs to be addressed.
> 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.
That is true - today. But I hope and believe that we can come up with some even
better solution.
/Tore
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Instead of ~Moved to
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| (...) I don't understand what you're saying here, Tore. The ~Moved To files prevent the need to update already existing files by providing a back reference to the old part number. This prevents a part from disappearing from a model simply because (...) (15 years ago, 20-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
| | | Re: Instead of ~Moved to
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| (...) I was going to start my response with "I don't understand", but Orion beat me to it. It is absolutely not necessary to update existing models with the replacement file referred to by the "~Moved to" file, but maybe I am missing something about (...) (15 years ago, 20-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Instead of ~Moved to
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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 (...) (15 years ago, 19-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad)
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