How do you mean it would 'die horribly'? After all, email servers store their messages in databases so they don't get corrupted.
Also, point #4 isn't bogus. Its intended to attract developers to write more tools and plugins against the data format. Not really for users to hack their messages. On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 09:23 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 09:18 -0500, Darren Govoni wrote: > > I would design Evolution to use SQLlite > > It *does*! > > But it doesn't put the *messages* in SQLite; that would die horribly. > > > or something like it. Firefox is going that direction in itself. > > It would buy you these lacking qualities now: > > 1) Data integrity > > 2) Fast retrieval, sorting > > 3) Ad hoc querying > > 4) Open format (can use any/many tools to manipulate) > > Point#4 is, IMO, rather bogus. The "format" may technically be Open but > if you don't intimately understand the schema / data-model it (a) may > not really be helpful to have "access" and (b) provide a nice avenue for > users to trash their data and then blame the application [loudly, and in > public, of course - with no mention of their thrashing about in the > applications internals]. > > > On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 09:15 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 08:30 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > > > An application's data should be a sealed container and accessed only > > > > via an API / service > > > Fine in theory as long as the API/service is foolproof. Getting at an > > > mbox file with a text editor has saved my skin more than once (though I > > > agree that it's a terrible format for mail). > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > [email protected] > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
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