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Re: mailcap next step



On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 04:53:32PM +0200, mcINEK wrote:
> W li?cie z czw, 15-05-2003, godz. 16:38, Wouter Verhelst pisze: 
> > What's that supposed to mean? Doing that does have its advantages, too
> > (such as "you don't have to re-integrate everything with the new
> > system").
> > 
> > Granted, pushing that to extremes will end you up with an unworkable
> > system with hundreds of incompatible API's. That's not what this does.
> 
> But only if this API is good.

It is, IMHO.

> If API is wrong and don't have support for
> new useful options,

Who says it doesn't?

> should be changed or improved. API is a solid,
> stable base for building additions, however, it must be simple and
> thought over. Besides, it's not such a basic feature, which requires
> change system core.

No, but lots of applications use it.

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