[Bug 25636] In-place editing of messages

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25636

--- Comment #3 from Will Thompson <will.thompson at collabora.co.uk> 2010-05-11 03:59:57 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> I did not demand that old message versions be deleted, it should be the
> client's policy. The scheme with a 'supersedes' header looks good to me. (NB:
> surely there must be an e-mail RFC where we can lift the header name from).

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-mailext-new-fields-06 calls it Supersedes
(and one MUST NOT spell it "Supercedes" ☺). It agrees with the above discussion
about leaving what to with the superseded message up to UI policy. Also, it
touches upon ethics:

> In general, it is
> not illegal or unethical to change your mind, rather, it shows your
> openness to new ideas and willingness to listen to the arguments of
> other people.

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