That's great and all, which is why i +1ed it, but only if things look as bad when things are released. So let me remind everybody that basically all information we have is that
a) the official version is not out yet and
b) it doesn't has logs yet.
I don't want to conclude from that single mail how the final product will look. And I don't want to believe that the final product will have cards with wrong symbols.
Or to put things differently:
Few days ago, everybody complained that we had no information; now we have some information, but everybody is complaining at what the product probably will look hinted by this little information.
Note: "everybody" is an exaggeration.
Well, you're right that I can't conclude how the product will look based on that email, sure. But if a software company says "we're not sure if that will be available at rollout," what they mean is "that won't be available at rollout." Therefore, the initial product won't have logs.
As far as going from no info to very little info, it's a bad sign when the very little info we have is
bad news. It's not as though the little bit of info we got was "here's a list of features that are totally in!" It was "here's something your community relies on that isn't in yet, and probably won't be at rollout." At least with no news we could
hope they'd do as well as isotropic; now, we know they won't.
How about we spam tham that we want the logs?
I think that would be less influential than a well-reasoned email with the backing of the F.DS community.
I like this idea, but there are a couple of problems with it. First, the logs really aren't the only thing the community would continue to want. Second, we would have to get the community to agree on any sort of letter about features, which might be difficult. Third, such a letter is meaningless unless we're willing to hit them in the pocketbook. And I see an actual boycott by F.DS as unlikely at best; probably more like wishful thinking on my part.