Re: Confused by y-or-n-p

[Gregory Heytings]

> > Having both behaviors available at the same time is also, I believe, a 
> > necessary condition for a fruitful comparison and discussion. Otherwise 
> > the discussion is about the merits of a removed behavior vs. the new 
> > behavior instead of about the merits of a behavior A vs. a behavior B.
>
> It is very easy to compare without having both behaviors in the same 
> binary: just keep old binaries around.  That's what I do, and it allows 
> me to quickly see what was past behavior, and even perform a quick 
> "bisection" when some new problem is reported.  Highly recommended.

That's what I do, too.  But you can't expect regular users to do this to 
compare two behaviors in order to give feedback.