On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 03:25:59PM +0200, Janos Zsako wrote:
Dear all,
Making changed: entirely optional, and possibly recommend against using it for new entries, that is something I would be fine with.
I fully agree with Gert here. I am sure deleting the "changed:" attribute would break quite a few scripts.
When an attribute ends up on the to-be-deprecated list, the community would be given ample time and notice before the change would actually be implemented. Like with referral-by, a procedure such as "inform" -> "warn" -> "error" spread over a few months could be used to make the community aware a change is coming. If you have scripts that rely on a modification date as expressed in "changed:", it would be a rather magnificant upgrade to be able to use "last-modified:" as that attribute is truthful and offers higher resolution. :-) Kind regards, Job