Re: #27438 [Asn]: browscap.ini causes error

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Sean Coates wrote: > This is intentionally not in the actual bug report. > (no need to further clutter that). > > I don't fully understand the scope of this problem, and I suspect there > are others, on the list, "listening in" on the conversation who are in > the same boat, and I hope someone can explain: > > 1) Why don't we fix get_browser() ? If his file truly does conform to > the "Microsoft Spec", then it really IS our fault.. (I did say "if"). Sure, it can be fixed; but not always in a week. > 2) He's obviously not very willing to help us, because he's perceived > hostility from us. Understandable. So, why are we depending on him? Is > there a reason we're not maintaining out own browcap.ini ? Feel free to do so, but it's almost impossible due to the sheer number of browsers out there. Also, I don't see much a point in duplicating work. Derick