Hello,
I didn't. My point was that the people best suited to do so shouldn't be put off by the fact that there might have to be a bit extra work. God forbid that a programmer should express an opinion on a matter that's still mostly confined to the development side at this time.
There were few guys who were complaining about how much of work they invested in one or other feature, and why doesn't it still run on site. There has to be understanding about what is needed for code to be used. If there is understanding, sure, it's great, let's continue the development.
You analyse the problem, you think of the best way of solving it and you do it. Yes. Why won't that method work here?
Exactly, this is why my initial mail on this issue was just a rambling on incremental diffs. I didn't get any opinions on them yet :) There can be various ideas on how to deal with it, diff just last 3-5 revs, and make it rolling diff.
Sure, diffs are quite critical in wikis - they add to collaboration, and they must be there. The cost of a diff shouldn't be neglected too ;-)
I won't go into details on this, but I suggest you avoid the backhanded insults to the rest of us. Who are not paid. Who do this because we give a shit. Why, I don't know. I couldn't possibly tell you what compels me to continue working in this environment, writing little features and bug fixes.
It was not an insult. I know you have a problem and you think whole world is against you. Well, maybe it is, but that is offtopic. I'm not paid either. I also work on little changes and bug fixes. And I wouldn't take the fact that we have two hard working guys writing fascinating stuff, as an insult. Because I'd like to be able to do that much too. Maybe I can't, so I do what I can.
You frequently give off a vastly different impression.
:-(
Just one important thing to remember. Don't sacrifice utility for performance. Otherwise, we'll just have to tell Jimbo Wales his grand little scheme is far too unfeasible to run.
We're not sacrificing. We have few other features impacting our performance for years, and we have them there. Because they make sense :) And yet another issue. Our performance is our utility. Make it slow, and people will get frustrated and won't be enjoying the free encyclopedia.
Are we intending on having a productive dialogue here, Domas?
When weren't we? ;-)
Domas