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Britton Kerin wrote: >> I don't like the idea of wasting config file space on a check box >> being ticked. Can we instead mark the config files with the date stamp >> of the freshly run install after that first run. This would be hidden magic. Behaviour of applications should never depend on meta-data of config files. As a user I'd be rather surprised if I a swap of otherwise identical config files changed anything. Yes, there are exceptions to this rule. But this does not seem to be one of them. > Perhaps a well-marked section at > the bottom of the config file is a good compromise? Just don't make it position depended ;-) ---<)kaimartin(>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak tel: +49-511-762-2895 Universität Hannover, Inst. für Quantenoptik fax: +49-511-762-2211 Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover http://www.iqo.uni-hannover.de GPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Knaak+kmk&op=get
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