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[Oswald Buddenhagen]

On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 10:39:38PM +0200, Martijn Klingens wrote:
> > > There are not many features that justify ignoring feature and
> > > string freezes,
> >
> > i still insist that this is no _new_ feature. :)
> 
> >From a GUI POV it definitely is...
> 
now which pov is the right one? other new features which were considered
usability bugfixes were simply added up to shortly before the hard
freeze. note that i posted the first version of the patch before the
hard freeze according to the updated release schedule. i don't remember
if the commit was still within the timeframe.

> > the only critical part of the whole stuff was the partial rewrite of the
> > unlock dialog. anyway, the code got quite some hammering in suse's beta
> > test already.
> 
> Apparently not much usability testing though...
>
well ... :}
but that was not the question now. :)

> > > Sure, but you bring the feature now to a large audience, several
> > > orders of magnitudes larger than you used to.
> >
> > no, as it's disabled by default.
> 
> ... but still have to make sure it works reliable for those that
> enable it
>
it does within the defined goals.

> or at least add some big fat warnings to the users. And the challenge
> is to do that without breaking the string freeze ;-)
> 
nah, nobody reminded me to add this to the confirmation box when i
posted it. now two days more passed ...

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