From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11517 invoked by alias); 30 Nov 2014 19:55:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 33826 Received: (qmail 2268 invoked from network); 30 Nov 2014 19:55:57 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=HYUtEE08 c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=RJlFmrLtQxzI0svbHzu4CA==:117 a=RJlFmrLtQxzI0svbHzu4CA==:17 a=G8GL833Es-AA:10 a=N659UExz7-8A:10 a=n9N-lWIjVQMVG7EQwlwA:9 a=pILNOxqGKmIA:10 Message-id: <547B7649.4020509@eastlink.ca> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 11:55:53 -0800 From: Ray Andrews User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Icedove/31.2.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: Bart Schaefer , zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: PATCH: overwrite mode shouldn't replace newlines References: <13244.1417305861@thecus.kiddle.eu> <547A719F.6000400@eastlink.ca> <141130112401.ZM28710@torch.brasslantern.com> In-reply-to: <141130112401.ZM28710@torch.brasslantern.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit On 11/30/2014 11:24 AM, Bart Schaefer wrote: > Like most open-source projects dating from the late 80s, zsh relied on > users to test and report bugs. There has never been enough volunteer > manpower for a dedicated all-code-paths testing regimen, so a bug that > a real user never encounters will only rarely be fixed. That is demonstrably the case. But as a guy who's done some testing in a project I can't help but notice that trying overstrike mode would be one of the first things I'd have done. It's another cultural adjustment for me.