[Dovecot] Standards of expectations for software installs

[Marc Perkel]

On 8/16/2010 4:11 AM, Charles Marcus wrote:
> On 2010-08-15 12:03 PM, Marc Perkel<marc at perkel.com>  wrote:
>> Starting Dovecot Imap: Fatal: service(pop3-login) User doesn't
>> exist: dovenull
>>
>> Just some real time feedback. I don't know what dovenull user is or
>> why it is necessary.
> It would be a lot smoother (and this probably applies to all other
> software you use) if you would spend at least 5 SECONDS doing a little
> research before wasting everyone's (especially Timo's) time with
> questions that you can easily answer yourself:
>
> http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=dovenull
>
> For dovecot stuff, I've found that simply adding the word 'wiki' after
> the other search term will almost always provide the link to the wiki
> page describing whatever it is:
>
> http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=dovenull+wiki
>
> Yes, this is a pet peeve of mine...
>

Timo's software standards, and mine, are higher than the average open 
source project. When an install id done right then you don't have to go 
to the wiki for anything. You run it and it just works. That's why 
people pay for Windows and Macs and more people use it than Linux 
because it just works. You start an upgrade anf click NEXT AGREE NEXT 
NEXT NEXT FINISH and everything just works. That's the way Linux should be.

So - even though something might be a minor detail, when you get the 
minor details right then you get software the "it just works" which is 
in my opinion the highest thing one can say about a program. And it's 
who dovecot is so popular.