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Richard Freeman wrote:
> Personally, I like the overlay idea, but right now it just isn't
> necessary.  In theory proxy maintainers work almost as well, and we're
> not really making heavy use of this model right now.

I disagree about this.  One of the reasons my overlay is fun to me is
because I am _not_ proxied.



Sebastian