[Dovecot] Standards of expectations for software installs

[Marc Perkel]

On 8/16/2010 7:37 AM, Thomas Leuxner wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 07:23:50AM -0700, Marc Perkel wrote:
>
>> 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.
> So are you saying a server software which brings a lot of new
> features to cope with complex environments shall tweak itself by magic,
> as any good software should upgrade without user intervention?
>
> You wouldn't even need documentation as the new features would be
> self-explanatory?
>
> *NO FRIGGIN' WAY*
>
No - I'm saying that an upgrade that does exactly the same thing as the 
earlier version should "just work" without having to research cryptic 
error messages you get after the new software fails to load. What I'm 
saying is that Linux should be as easy as Windows.