Am 18.03.2005 um 14:30 schrieb Avi Bryant:

> On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:26:01 +0100, Bert Freudenberg <bert at impara.de> 
> wrote:
>
>> Please, before it's too late, can we just use Strings in a
>> PackageInfo's preamble/post scripts? Currently they are StringHolders,
>> which is a Bad Idea.
>>
>> I was bitten by this because I tried out the script button in
>> Monticello, and even though I closed the editor without accepting the
>> postscript was stored, saved with a package, so everyone else got a
>> walkback when trying to load that package in an older MC version. 
>> Sure,
>> we could fix this while still retaining the StringHolders in there, 
>> but
>> why? I'd prefer a clear separation of data and interface.
>
> Nasty.  We should definitely use Strings.  Michal, was there a reason
> for the StringHolders?

I suspect it was just thoughtless copying of code from ChangeSet.

- Bert -