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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] make ksnapshot increment the last number
From:       David Jarvie <lists () astrojar ! org ! uk>
Date:       2007-10-03 23:50:51
Message-ID: 200710040050.51917.lists () astrojar ! org ! uk
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On Wednesday 03 October 2007 23:33:42 Bart Coppens wrote:
> On Wednesday 03 October 2007 09:34, Riccardo Iaconelli wrote:
> > Shall we check for where the 20?? sequence appears, and increment
> > smartly?
>
> Nice, let's introduce a Y2K-bug, but the other way around... Needless to
> say, I don't think this 'feature' (under no circumstance will I call
> this 'polish') is a good idea.

I also find it very difficult to understand why a date should be incremented 
automatically. What happens if somebody takes a new snapshot twice a day? Or 
every week? AFAICS the patch only (just possibly) caters for those taking a 
snapshot exactly once a day.

-- 
David Jarvie.
KAlarm author and maintainer.
http://www.astrojar.org.uk/kalarm
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