On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 07:05:04AM -0600, Felipe Contreras wrote: > Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > this is now done in the maxmessages branch. > > the option is called ExpireUnread yes/no
> you start from the assumption that people would automatically assume > unread messages are not included in this limit, and I think it would > be the opposite for most people. > well, there are two considerations: - i didn't want to change the default behavior - i wanted to default to the safe (don't miss messages) option. though it can be argued that this default is unsafe as far as the size of the initial fetch goes. so maybe i should just make it error out if MaxMessages is exceeded by more than 50% and no explicit setting is present. > I think LimitExcemptUnread is much clearer because a) it explains what the > option affects; limits (which could be MaxAge, MaxMessages, etc.), b) the word > except makes it clear that the limit rule doesn't apply to this kind of > messages. > you meant "exempt". ;) while "limit" may associate better with the "max*" options, it's not self-explanatory either. so given that one needs to look into the man page anyway and the related options are right next to each other, i don't think it's much of a consideration. also, "LimitExemptUnread" is just awkward. it's bad grammar, and sounds plain awful. while "expire" is moderately inaccurate in case of count-limiting, it associates well with the notion that messages spend some time in the local mailbox and then go poof (for whatever reason). therefore i find it reasonably intuitive. anyway, we are now really in the realm of bikeshedding ... i'll try to allocate time for fixing the remaining issues over the weekend. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November Webinars for C, C++, Fortran Developers Accelerate application performance with scalable programming models. Explore techniques for threading, error checking, porting, and tuning. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60136231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ isync-devel mailing list isync-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/isync-devel
