[PATCH 2/2] Add initial rudimentary no-fly time calculation

[Dirk Hohndel]

"Robert C. Helling" <helling at lmu.de> writes:

> On Fri, 8 Feb 2013, Dirk Hohndel wrote:
>
>
>> thought about how to do this and how to get this right (let's not go
>> into why we started working on this code sitting in the airport waiting
>> area on Lord Howe Island...) - I'm rather hesitant to put this in for
>> 3.0. I'd rather wait for 3.1 for a number of reasons
>
> I think this is a good idea. Having said that...
>
>> a) this needs to have a preference switch and default to off with a
>> major disclaimer when turning it on
>
> I still feel a bit uncomfortable with possibly other people planning their 
> decompression with whatever I might have some responsibility for. I know, 
> the GPL has a "no liability no guarantee to work as advertised" clause, 
> but before releasing this to a wider public I would include a sentence in 
> the planner along the lines of "this is new code and not too well tested. 
> Handle with care and don't trust too much". I would not use any 'we are 
> afraid of your lawyers' disclaimer like "This will kill you. Don't use 
> except for studying purposes", but some warning that we just made this up.

The window says in all bold

THIS IS JUST A SIMULATION, DO NOT USE FOR DIVING

or in German

Tauchplan - DIES IST NUR EINE SUMULATION; NICHT ZUM TAUCHEN VERWENDEN

Do you think we need more that that?

/D