al said:
>   And then what happens to their text/HTML files? 
>   Do they get dumped? I can think of at least
>   four independents (one of whom is me) that
>   would strongly resent, even flatly reject,
>   that being done to their files.

well, that probably varies from one producer to the next...

for instance, david widger probably won't be bothered that
he was whitewashed out of marcello's "pride and prejudice".
after all, david has his name in _lots_and_lots_ of p.g. books.
he probably won't even notice that it was removed from one.

and jose menendez probably won't mind too much that his
name was erased from marcello's .rst of "sherlock holmes".
jose hasn't done many books, so it's probably "no big deal".

plus, after all, their work is still available, in the "old" folder,
under the "more files" tab, which people peruse all the time.
you're familiar with that "old" folder, mr. haines, aren't you?

so, you know, al, maybe you're just being "overly sensitive".
maybe you should be a bit less "protective" about your work,
learn how to be more magnanimous, less needy for "credit".

still, i bet you're right that you could find 4 such producers...

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greg said:
>   I'd like to go ahead and make a way to get these
>   back into the collection, replacing the originals,
>   *en masse*.  (Actually, we keep the originals,
>   in an 'old' subdirectory.)  I don't anticipate
>   opposition to this idea, assuming we're tweaking,
>   not redoing the look and feel crafted by the submitter.

oh, wait, al, greg doesn't think there will be any objections.
so, see?, i guess we're all good...

-bowerbird

p.s.  this is all so complicated because we can't just _talk_
to people, we have to read their minds, it makes it so hard.