On 2001-05-16 19:31 +0530, Biju Chacko wrote:
> On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 02:40:33PM +0200, Andre Majorel wrote:
> > But don't make Mutt users pay for something they won't use.
>
> While I agree with the need to keep one's MUAs and MTAs seperate, I find your
> argument flawed. There are literally dozens of features of Mutt that I don't
> use.
What this argument means is that adding an MTA to Mutt would
very likely lead to adding many other features. More features
means more doc, making it harder for new users to find their way
around it. Said documentation must also be written and
maintained, leading to an increased workload on maintainers. It
is also very likely to become less accurate as a result.
The increased amount of code would probably have similar
undesirable consequences. Such as more bugs and longer intervals
between releases.
Adding features is generally costly because complexity increases
more than linearly with features. It should be avoided unless it
buys us something truly useful, which is IMHO not the case here.
--
André Majorel
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