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Originally Posted by eschwartz
But it would be nice if we could all admit that there is genuinely a not-very-wonderful position here, and there are things to be said for both sides, and @kguil is within his rights to disagree with you about whether the solution is worth it.
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Absolutely. What we need to do here, is to choose the lesser of two evils, because a perfect solution doesn't exist. So, what's the lesser evil here?
- The user instructs Marvin to sort by authors' last names, but Marvin 3 ignores that and sorts authors by their first names anyway.
- In the comprehensive authors listing, some authors (if the "author sort" meta-tags for some of their books are incorrect) may appear with double, triple, etc. entries – thus signaling to the Marvin user that his/her meta-tags need to be fixed.
Option 1 is the status quo in Marvin 3. Option 2 is my proposal to fix it. Which of the two is the lesser evil? Would anyone
really argue it's option no. 1?
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Would it help if I edited my above post, to clarify that I meant the rhetorical "you"?  |
Nope, not necessary.
I've always known and appreciated you as a fair debater, eschwartz. Unlike some hyper-politically-correct posters around here, I never assume ill will on the part of fellow MobileRead contributors. But you've really gotta be thick-skinned to participate here on MobileRead, because ill will is going to be imputed to you by others all the time...
