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Re: We need an update NOW (Was: Parts Update?)
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lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date: 
Tue, 1 May 2001 21:22:29 GMT
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HMM a minor idea. group all Unofficial parts in "Unofficial" group like
"brick" and "plate" type of group.

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And they said 'Computers will never be in general use'


"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message
news:p61uetc27fg7opir90ti5ea3skc73ec63o@4ax.com...
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Tim Courtney wrote:
> 
> > "Chris Dee" <chris_w_dee@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:GCnMwn.Axw@lugnet.com...
> > > In lugnet.cad.dev, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> > > > "Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> writes:
> > > > 
> > > > >  Give me unofficial parts, I don't care.
> > > > 
> > > > I don't think that unofficial parts should be published from LDraw.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Agree - unofficial means they may change - and if the change is to the • origin
> > > or orientation then users will get (even more) upset.
> > 
> > Disagree.
> 
> I think Chris is right.  It will be challenging to disclaim an unofficial
> update in a way that nobody will get upset later.  When we do officialize
> the pieces, there will be orientation changes, and different part numbers
> with no forwarding addresses.  Models built on unofficial parts are likely
> to break.
> 
> There's also the issue of being able to later clean up the pollution from
> an unofficial update.  It would be easy to enough for people to use their
> Windows Find to locate files containing the word 'unofficial', and delete
> those files, but that would imply that we reviewed all the files before
> releasing them, to make sure they all have the "unofficial element" line.
> And reviewing all the files before an official release is something we're
> trying to avoid, right?
> 
> Steve



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  Re: We need an update NOW (Was: Parts Update?)
 
(...) That's a good idea, but it requires editing *all* of the files to be released. The idea of an unofficial release is that it's quick'n'dirty - as little work as possible. Processing a large number files, even if it is just a minor change, takes (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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  Re: We need an update NOW (Was: Parts Update?)
 
(...) I think Chris is right. It will be challenging to disclaim an unofficial update in a way that nobody will get upset later. When we do officialize the pieces, there will be orientation changes, and different part numbers with no forwarding (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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