On 12/13/06, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Stan,
You're absolutely right (on most counts ;). The one I have trouble getting
my mind around is, "this ain't ever going to happen". Crowds, noise and,
yes, the occasional violence have always been crucial in bringing attention
to the need for change. But, what always has ultimately brought about that
change is a small group of dedicated, focused people coming together to plan
the substance of that change.
Yes, but our "small group of dedicated, focused people" is busy
implementing single signon. ;-)
Although the above statement is meant to be tongue-in-cheek, the
kernel of truth in it is that making the category system sane will
require major technical changes, which will require nearly the full
attention of our core developers. Since they're already backlogged on
at least two high-priority tech upgrades, there's little to be gained
by asking them to devote time to the Category Question just now.
Unlike other respondents, I think it can and will be fixed, but I
agree that *it will not be fixed soon.*
Until then, I would otherwise recommend the CatScan tool on the
Toolserver, but the Toolserver hasn't updated from en since June; a
situation which certainly hasn't escaped the notice of the community
of Toolserver users on en. So until a functioning toolserver is
restored to our lives, I'm afraid there's no good way to solve this
problem.