Sri Gupta wrote: > | Perhaps even Ilja won't have any regrets if he can dump the current > | codebase. However, his input, and Aaron's as well, is critical in > | such a decision. And I also don't want to alienate the current > | userbase. > > Please don't! Some of us are using dbmail in production deployment..
Could you tell a little more about your production use case for dbmail? This will highlight its existing strenghs, which should not be lost in any rewrite (full or partial). > If you're going to do a rewrite, beware the second systems effect.. Fully agreed. As often happens, both extremes have dangers. There is a "first version syndrome" (from which dbmail now suffers) AND there is a "second system effect". > Lofty goals are fantastic, but if they take forever to implement, > people will jump ship. A rewrite is an acceptable idea if it is > feasible in terms of development time and either provides a CLEAR > upgrade path from the existing software, or is backwards compatible. An excellent point. Yours, Mikhail Ramendik
