Re: Change in ordering of items in iconmanager

On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 12:08:14PM +0100 I heard the voice of
Aaron Sloman, and lo! it spake thus:
> 
> I somehow failed to take note of an earlier discussion about this

[...]

> I apologize for not noticing this proposal and commenting earlier --
> I was very busy in March. Serves me right,

Indeed it does!  As if there's anything in the world except ctwm to
pay attention to...


> My instinct is always not to reverse a default that has been set for
> many years.  [...]
> 
> Users who don't like the old default will presumably already have
> worked out (long ago?) that they can use SortIconManager.

Well, yes.  But if 90% of configs and people have the same boolean
setting, that's probably a sign that the default is dumb   :p

We certainly wouldn't want to make it a weekly thing to go around
changing defaults, but I don't believe "never" is the right choice
either.  Every couple decades hardly seems excessive, and if there's
one thing software needs, it's fewer --unbreak-me options.


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