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by Brion Vibber-3 :: Rate this Message:

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Robert Ullmann wrote:
> Quite so. However, it doesn't. And a *very* large amount of stuff is built
> on it. Would be good to fix it. Before changing the UI it relies on.
>
> Question: How would the people maintaining it have known that it was going
> to be broken this morning?

They have known for the past SEVERAL YEARS that UI COMPONENTS FREQUENTLY
CHANGE and they should use MACHINE-READABLE APIS, as they have been told
repeatedly OVER THE YEARS.

- -- brion
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