[dev] my IMP broke

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Jon Parise <jon@csh.rit.edu>:

> I'm not sure it's entirely appropriate for 2.4, either, but I'm not
> sure we're quite ready to branch.  There are still a lot of
> improvements that should be made to the 2.3 code before we're at that
> point, and most of them are small tweaks or performance improvements.

Right. So, here's the deal:

I've gone through and applied all of these changes. I've simplified a few 
things, fixed a few others, and cleaned up a few other things that were 
directly related. I'm pretty happy with the results. It's a pretty nice 
interface here on my laptop where I've been doing the development, and I'm 
fairly sure that for someone actually used to a 3-pane interface, it'd be even 
better. =)

I'll hold off on applying the changes for now, but my personal leaning is to 
get it in. Several reasons come to mind:

1. I get the impression that having it in 2.4 will make a lot of people happy. 
Market-/mind-share is obviously not the top priority in open source software, 
but it can't hurt the project.

2. I think most of the core developers prefer the frameless interface, which 
creates a bias against the change even though it can be turned off.

3. Having actually applied the changes, almost none of them were in pieces of 
the code that I've had to touch recently. I'm not worried too much about 
maintenance.

I'll wait until tonight (EST) at least to hear opinions. But it's all sitting 
here, cleaned up, waiting, and ready. ;)

-chuck

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Charles Hagenbuch, <chuck@horde.org>
Entropy. It's what's for dinner.