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[pw-devel] Re: so the thread stays afloat

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From: Eugene Eric Kim <eekim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 15:34:41 -0800
Message-id: <20040210233441.GD10205@douge.blueoxen.net>
On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 02:35:36PM -0800, John Sechrest wrote:    (01)

>  The "right" solution is to have that node have an independent existance
>  and it stays around forever independent of who is pointing at it.    (02)

I this this is partially "right," but there needs to be another
component.    (03)

I write a first draft.  I have a paragraph in there that sucks, or is
just plain wrong.  You comment on that draft in your blog,
transcluding that paragraph.    (04)

In my final version, I remove that paragraph.  I want your comments to
be able to transclude the old paragraph, because that's still relevant
and it's part of the document's history, but I also want it clear that
the transcluded content is no longer part of the document.    (05)

It gets hairier when the paragraph changes (not just removed).  I
wrote about the version control problem in my blog:    (06)

  http://www.eekim.com/blog/2003/08/12/linkintegrity    (07)

-Eugene    (08)

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http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=eekim&p=EnablingOnlineCommunities    (010)

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