[Mageia-dev] PHP + phpBB mod capabilities needed to fix bug 1956 - please help

Thu Jan 12 13:26:22 CET 2012

On 11/01/12 21:13, nicolas vigier wrote:
+> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012, Marja van Waes wrote:
+>
+>> I can't talk for that minority, of course. However, I can talk for myself:
+>>
+>> In such circumstances it is very possible that I'd agree to do something to
+>> later find out I can't concentrate on the task no matter how hard I try.
+>>
+>> I regret it wasn't decided that the people who wanted unlimited edit time
+>> should make the MOD, after which the unlimited edit time would be
+>> implemented. They were going to get what they wanted (the unlimited edit
+>> time), wouldn't that have "given them wings" to do that MOD?
+> I think unlimited edit time should be enabled, but there is no need for
+> a MOD. Creating a MOD to keep history of post edits is not really trivial,
+> and could be difficult to maintain in the future. If we really want this
+> feature, it would probably be better to have it implemented in upstream
+> phpbb before we use it.
+>
+> But the main problem is not edit time, I don't really care about edit
+> time myself. The main problem is that there seems to be a majority of
+> people who think it should be enabled, that there is no good reason to
+> not do it, or at least try it for a few months (as was proposed several
+> times by different people), but it is still not done, because someone
+> decided it shouldn't be done. It could have been enabled in 2 minutes
+> 8 months ago and we would have avoided those endless debates.
+>
+This issue is about a seeming majority of people wanting a certain 
+feature. It is not about a buggy forum. It is about an enhancement, that 
+isn't even an enhancement in everybody's eyes.
+
+Maintainers of packages have the freedom to refuse to do an enhancement 
+request https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Bug_policy#Enhancement_requests
+Maintainers can refuse regardless of what reason they have to refuse.
+
+Why don't we give the maât the same right for the unlimited edit time 
+request?
+
+Moreover, in article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights it 
+says:
+Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.......
+http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights#Article_18
+
+This article was of course written for all those cases when someone has 
+different thoughts, conscience and/or religion than we have.
+
+It is evident from what maât wrote, that he is convinced the edit time 
+should stay very limited. Why do we ignore the universal declaration of 
+human rights and try to force him to do something that is against his 
+conscience?
+
+Regards,
+Marja
+
+
+