2009/9/10 Trevor Parscal tparscal@wikimedia.org:
On 9/10/09 10:06 AM, Aryeh Gregor wrote:
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Tim Starlingtstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
I don't know why you're writing this nonsense, you obviously haven't looked at the code at all.
This paragraph is unnecessary.
Seriously! Please read things aloud before clicking send. You will hopefully then be able to better detect when it's time to take a break, eat some fruit and take it down a notch.
In Tim's defense: I had indeed not looked at the code at all, and what I wrote was incorrect, so what he wrote was completely true. I also mentioned that my understanding of the variant conversion system was limited, and that I might be completely wrong. Turns out I was, and Tim corrected me. It's true that he probably didn't use the most friendly tone in the world, but I've seen much worse, so I don't really care. Let's just drop this before it turns into a flame war; I'd like to keep those off wikitech-l.
The variant system seems poorly understood by most people (including me) which often tends to cause something (like it for instance) to also be under-utilized...
Seems I'm not the only one who had a completely wrong idea about how variants work. We definitely need more documentation and fame for this system, so its potential doesn't go to waste.
Roan Kattouw (Catrope)