From: Rich <ben...@at...> - 2017-04-23 21:17:18
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<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#CCCCCC" text="#000099"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Nick, that is a good question. I suspect even if the request were published for a vote, I wouldn't know the implications of the change. But it is worthy of thinking about. Perhaps it should take a second on the request before implementing it, or make it available for testing before committing to it. Is there no recourse to remove a feature if it is later determined to be more grief than it is worth? Perhaps other changes were made in the vicinity of this change that makes reverting back to 4.2.3 implementation not practical. But in hind-site to give the user an option is another alternative.<br> I tested with 4.2.3 version of baseselector.py on 4.2.5 just to see. It worked several times and then crashed. So apparently there are other changes in the mix. <br> Maybe one of our bright people on this forum will have a good suggestion.<br> Rich<br> <br> On 04/23/2017 01:56 PM, Nick Hall wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote cite="mid:f1d...@gr..." type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On 23/04/17 16:40, Rich wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I question how Gramps developers decide if a feature is warranted by a request from just one person without a opinion of the general user base </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Changes to the user interface are normally discussed on the development list. If the change is large, an enhancement proposal (GEPS) will also be written. In this case, I think the developer implementing the change would have considered it to be minor. They almost certainly didn't realise the performance implications for large databases. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:GEPS">https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:GEPS</a> Ultimately decisions are made by the administrators (Benny, Brian and myself). However, Benny and Brian are not currently active, so I will only get them involved if I need advice. Getting the opinions of the user base is an interesting idea. How do you suggest we do this? Nick. </pre> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html> |