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diff --git a/design-notes.html b/design-notes.html index 356a5b3b..2204d56f 100644 --- a/design-notes.html +++ b/design-notes.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="/~esr/index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/06/08 07:20:17 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/09/26 20:37:39 $ </table> <HR> <H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Design Notes On Fetchmail</H1> @@ -358,6 +358,11 @@ following minimum steps. There may be other things you have to do in the way of logic, of course.<P> +Before you implement an option, though, think hard. Is there any way +to make fetchmail automatically detect the circumstances under which +it should change its behavior? If so, don't write an option. Just do +the check!<p> + <H1>Lessons learned</H1> <H3>1. Server-side state is essential</H3> @@ -429,8 +434,9 @@ a gift from the gods, and this is my expression of gratitude.<P> The beta testers didn't know it at the time, but they were also the subjects of a sociological experiment. The results are described in -my paper, <A HREF="//www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/">The Cathedral -And The Bazaar</A>. +my paper, <A +HREF="//www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/">The Cathedral +And The Bazaar</A>.<P> <H1>Credits</H1> @@ -535,7 +541,7 @@ all shaped the design in one way or another.<P> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/06/08 07:20:17 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/09/26 20:37:39 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |