[LSC] Rejected: standard Unofficial directory

[Travis Cobbs]

Guy, you can vote or simply express your opinion on the issue if you want,
but since we now have 3 no votes, I'm calling this one rejected.

--Travis

On 3/7/07, Lars C. Hassing <lars at hassings.dk> wrote:

>

> Travis Cobbs wrote:

> > --- Start of Proposal ---

> >

> > A directory named Unofficial in the user's LDraw directory shall be the

> > standard location for programs to look for (and optionally download to)

> > unofficial parts.  The Unofficial directory will have parts and p

> > sub-directories, and these will mirror the structure of the standard

> > parts and p directories.

> >

> > --- End of Proposal ---

>

> I vote NO.

>

> Most users will have a hard time understanding why

> only some programs can find the parts they are using in their model.

>

> It may be nice to keep unofficial parts in a separate directory

> but you get the same functionality if you put them into PARTS.

> And when officially released they will be overwritten by the official

> files.

>

> Newer programs can read the headers of the parts and present them to the

> users

> in a virtual Unofficial folder even though they physically came from

> PARTS.

> /Lars

>

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