Bug#109171: Use Maildir format by default
On Aug 19, Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@nitnet.com.br> wrote:
> eximconfig) and all the MUAs must be able to grok it without needing any
> manual configuration
Are you offering to be the one which will patch everything and make the
upstream maintainers merge maildir support? And don't forget POP servers
too.
>- Debian is about choice. So, of course mailbox vs maildir will end up being a
> configuration question. Just make maildir the default, please.
No fucking way.
>- Standards for where to put the user's incoming mail/where in $HOME to put the
> folders. I believe most programs which use maildir already share common
> places, but putting them in policy would be good.
Looks like a good idea.
>- Making programs which can't use it yet be able to use it
You can do this even without changing policy, you just have to start
coding.
>2. Benchmarking mbox versus maildir
> http://www.courier-mta.org/mbox-vs-maildir/
This has to be a joke. Everybody who knows something about mail servers
can tell UW-* programs suck. The benchmark only confirms this, not that
maildir is faster (it usually is not, and it definitely is not for
tipical POP servers).
It also does not discuss the effects of caching in real life.
><insert standard "Debian should take the lead", "look at the xterm backspace
> mess and how well Debian handled it", etc>
Debian should make sensible decisions about use of available technology.
The reality is that maildir is only useful on some setups with remote
mounted mailboxes and broken NFS locking.
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ciao,
Marco
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