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[J. Landman Gay]

On 1/2/04 6:11 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> J. Landman Gay wrote:
> 
> 
>>On 1/2/04 1:07 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Questions:
>>>
>>>- Should it create the folder autimatically, throw an error,
>>>or ask the user if it should create one?
>>
>>None of those, I don't think. It should probably just return empty,
>>which would act like a silent error. The calling handler can test for
>>"empty" and act accordingly.
> 
> 
> Then we have a Plugins menu with no guidance on how to use it.  It this one
> for the docs?  And if so, who wants to be Documentation Poohbah?

Okay, I see now. I shouldn't have answered before I looked at the stack. 
I think you were right the first time, and it should just go ahead and 
create the folder.

That's not to say we shouldn't have documentation on the feature anyway. 
Not to mention, agreeing with you is way easier than volunteering to be 
Doc Poohbahess. ;)


>>>- How can we clearly distinguish the latest release build from test
>>>versions for review in the Yahoo groups files section?
>>
>>Good question. I draw a blank here. An appropriate suffix or extension,
>>maybe?
> 
> 
> I took a stab at it, risking verbosity in the file name:  When I uploaded
> the .gz file I named it with the date (in large-to-small order) and my
> initials:  mctools.mc040102rg.gz
> 
> Ideas for a simpler format?

Seems fine to me. If we think of something better we can change it later.


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