[PATCH] Added code to output the age as seconds instead of "0 min."

Luke SanAntonio lsworkemail112 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 2 03:46:32 CEST 2012


At this point it might be best if we just drop the patch... There is no reason
to keep it around if everyone seems to be having doubts and questions...
I am starting to have doubts myself, and there really isn't any reason to keep
it around, other than looks... Sorry for the trouble -- Luke

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:12 AM, Ferry Huberts <mailings at hupie.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 30-09-12 23:33, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
>>
>> So much confusion. I'll reexplain:
>>
>> Before:
>> You visit a page with cache turned on. It says "modified 1 minute
>> ago".. You visit the page again a little later. It says "modified 1
>> minute ago". You don't really notice, because a minute is a longish
>> amount of time.
>>
>> After:
>> You visit a page with cache turned on. It says "modified 7 seconds
>> ago". You visit the page again a little later. It says "modified 7
>> seconds ago". You do notice, because you're more intimately aware of
>> the fact that a minute after seven seconds is more than seven seconds.
>>
>>
>> This is the only concern. A bit silly perhaps.
>>
>
> I don't care about seconds resolution.
> The cache is exactly the reason we should not have seconds resolution
> because it provokes all kinds of confusion (like this discussion)
>
>
> --
> Ferry Huberts




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