> I didn't know that the choice of the parent was a matter of attractiveness...
I didn't say it was. It's just my opinion.
>doesn't > seems very logical. If you would make this argument about the first revision being > the parent, I'd agree with you no matter what...
It wouldn't be changed based on me ranting either way. And I don't think anyone would sign up for sweeping the change through mame even if you convinced enough of mamedev to make it a possibility.