On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 08:48:46 +0200 (Romance Daylight Time) Vadim Zeitlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
VZ> RW> for consistency, i'd prefer it if we were using similar labeling and VZ> RW> commands to the mail reader. probably there needs to be a newsrc like VZ> RW> database for article status, or possibly fancier than newsrc. VZ> VZ> We can either use newsrc for compatibility with other newsreaders or use VZ> our own cache file for compatibility with the existing mail code. .newsrc is almost a standard, there'd have to be a fairly compelling reason to do something more proprietary. VZ> RW> i hadn't ever looked -- does mahogany need/expect any of the db/dbm style VZ> RW> databases? VZ> VZ> No. VZ> VZ> RW> if not, is it reasonable to add such a dependency? VZ> VZ> If it's necessary, why not. But I like to use text files as much as VZ> possible, this makes debugging so much easier. A nice backend database with a good language / API could be very nice to offload a lot of work but everything comes at a price. I think for the moment, that price is too high. But like you, I'm open to convincing. Dr. QA ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ Mahogany-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mahogany-developers
