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From: David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
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On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:25:50PM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:
> > No, removing trigger file as soon as a non-existant file is
> > requested still seems simpler than deleting it whenever a timeline
> > history file is requested.
> 
> If you do this, then you would have to change the procedure written
> into the 8.3 docs also.  Docs aren't backpatchable.

Are you sure?  We've found errors in them before and fixed them.

Cheers,
David.
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