Re: Fixes to PNM/PGM/... reader/writer

Posted by dscho on Jan 09, 2007; 4:06pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Fixes-to-PNM-PGM-reader-writer-tp3700640p3700642.html

Hi,

On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Harry Parker wrote:

> Your email is a good example of why Wikipedia is a good place to start
> searching, but a bad place to end your search.

But I did not start the search in Wikipedia! Rather, I started with the
files you sent! And there is a link to the wikipedia article, which I then
thought to be authoritative.

> P.S.: Sending diffs is obsolete.

Uhm. No.

> It is a lousy way to publish software to users.

Not true. Besides, if you want people to _use_ them, why not send .class
files to begin with?

> Diffs do not work unless you have the exact same old version.

Not true at all. Besides, you are posting a proposed new version of a
plugin which is _included in ImageJ_.

> If you want to see differences, do it yourself.

Thank you very much for your help. I already did exactly that. But if
_you_ would have shown the diff, you would have realized that your code

        - changes white space,
        - changes import.* statements, and
        - is rather complicated for what it actually changes.

Hth,
Dscho