Re: Bug#197049: ITP: conglomerate -- an XML editor for GNOME
On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 09:33:02 +0200, Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> said:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 04:54:23PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:49:15 +0200, Sven Luther
>> <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> said:
>>
>> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 11:48:10AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 18:12:03 +0200, Sven Luther
>> >>
>> >> > So it should be ok if i upload the package to unstable, even
>> >> > if the package crashes often, and thus, since it is an XML
>> >> > editor, the user can loose part of its work ?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> *Sigh*. Rules of thumb are no subst=itute for common sense or
>> >> thinking.
>> >>
>> >> Did I not say data loss is reason enough for experimental?
>> >>
>> >> > At least i should add a warning in the long description then
>> >> > or something such ?
>> >>
>> >> If it causes data loss, you should use experimental.
>>
>> > Well, the difference is between data loss on the disk and loss of
>> > currently editing stuff.
>>
>> Is it your contention that it is useful for us to make that
>> distinction? Why?
> Because if it crashes before you have had time to enter any
> meaningfull data, as it was doing, it is less grave as when it
> crashed after hours of work. Also, i think you can distinguish
> between an app causing random data loss of other data and an app
> causing loss of his own data.
I beg to differ. In geberal, after I spend 12 hours
painstakingly entering data, and it is all lost, I am more likely to
be annoyed than if it corrupted some data on the disk and I had to
just restore from the nightly backup.
Your preconceptions are showing.
manoj
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