On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, Tim Jenness wrote:
> > I realise this is probably optimistic for reasons of testing and so on,
> > but is it likely/possible that the GAIA in this release will contain
> > the new PLASTIC features? If so, what would be the deadline for
> > a freeze?
> >
>
> If you feel that the PLASTIC functionality is a good proof of concept that
> you want to be able to distribute in as easy a manner as possible then I'm
> happy for this work to be merged and included in the binary release so
> long as it doesn't risk breaking anything else.
Certainly I'd be in favour. Of course Peter will have to have the
last word (at least, a word after mine) on whether he thinks there
are any risks of it causing trouble elsewhere. One thing which
might reduce the risk is to have PLASTICness turned off by default.
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