Lightroom 1.4 forum reaction

I would just like to take a moment to dwell on the positive and thank Ian for all the work he does for this forum and his forthright, honest and helpful responses as we worked our way through identifying the bugs in the 1.4 release.
Rory

> Yep. Thanks Ian, especially for the speed at confirming the XMP writing to RAW as a bug rather than new, intended, behaviour.
Well, it could be new, unintended behavior, no?? :) [And still not be a bug?]
And I echo the thanks part as well. And, for the record, I am not Irish, but Scotch-Irish on my father's side. Please, no zingers re use of "Scotch"; in this case it's an accepted genealogical term, at least in the US.
Happy you-know-what day to all who'll be wearing green today.

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