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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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