Alex, What's the rationale of including truncatewords into the core? How is truncatewords different to truncate (characters)?
On Dec 30, 12:29 pm, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok, we get it, some people want this feature. I'd like to kindly > request that people just saying "+1" stop. The number of people in > this thread is minuscule compared to the size of the django user > population, trying to extrapolate from 1, 10, or even 100 people in > this thread to a large percentage of the community wants this is > simply not possible. > > The video I linked earlier had a critical point that I think a lot of > people are missing, adding a single filter may not add a lot to the > developer's burden directly but it impacts the perceptions (and > realities) of what kinds of things are reasonable for inclusion in > core. The simple fact is some people want this, and some don't. Not > having this is not an intractable problem for people who need it, in > fact it's a trivial one. > > I don't really care whether this is included or not, but it seems to > me that there's very little in terms of new ground in the discussion. > > Alex > > -- > "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your > right to say it." -- Voltaire > "The people's good is the highest law." -- Cicero > "Code can always be simpler than you think, but never as simple as you > want" -- Me -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
