From 3b2865fb3e5231f2a3e88f98424e2747d58bdecf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 20:37:40 +0000 Subject: Prevent Pehr Anderson's goof. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2613 --- design-notes.html | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'design-notes.html') 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 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1999/06/08 07:20:17 $ +$Date: 1999/09/26 20:37:39 $

Design Notes On Fetchmail

@@ -358,6 +358,11 @@ following minimum steps. There may be other things you have to do in the way of logic, of course.

+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!

+

Lessons learned

1. Server-side state is essential

@@ -429,8 +434,9 @@ a gift from the gods, and this is my expression of gratitude.

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, The Cathedral -And The Bazaar. +my paper, The Cathedral +And The Bazaar.

Credits

@@ -535,7 +541,7 @@ all shaped the design in one way or another.

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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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