[REBOL] Re: [REBOL.org] Recent changes
From: Izkata:Comcast at: 31-Mar-2005 15:59
(Psst - scroll down)
> Izkata:
>
>> I uploaded a new version - but can't figure out
>> how to remove that one 0.o
>
> There is a note in the Script owners' FAQ telling you you can't remove old
> scripts:
>
>
http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/boiler.r?display=script-owner-faq
>
> There are basically three reasons for that:
>
> [1] Practically: people may have booked marked it, etc, so a removal may
> need
> to be a phased withdrawal, pointing people to the script that supersedes
> the
> withdrawn one -- e.g. take a look at:
>
>
http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/view-script.r?script=calc-engine.r
> where the script is now just a link to the "real" script"
>
> [2] Licensing -- You've granted REBOL.org a license to publish the script,
> so
> under many conditions, we'd want to talk to you before allowing you to
> withdraw that right.
>
> [3] Laziness -- the Library hasn't had enough activity to require a
> delete-script to be written.
>
> We're getting to the stage where the maintenance is mounting up, so it's
> time
> to do [3]. Then I'll delete your replaced script as a live test.
>
> Just give me a week or two -- it's as busy time right now.
>
> Sunanda.
Better yet, why not a way to rename scripts?
That's what I tried to do and it instead added a new one.
-Izzy Boy
