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Michael M Slusarz
slusarz at mail.curecanti.org
Wed Jun 8 10:12:34 PDT 2005
Quoting Kevin Myer <kevin_myer at iu13.org>:
> Quoting Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at mail.curecanti.org>:
>
>> obviously, it would be absolutely fantastic if c-client was rewritten.
>> The current code doesn't let you know the capabilities of the server,
>> it's search function is limited to IMAPver2 behavior, etc., etc. So
>> now all the PHP community needs is someone to step-up and code it.
>> Easier asked than done.
>
> So what kind of specifications would a new library attempt to meet? What
> language should it be written in? What set of features should it
> provide? Its
> such a core and integral library that I can't imagine noone in the world
> wouldn't step up to the challenge of building a better mousetrap. And with a
> concrete proposal, a company may fund some or all of the work.
>
>> And even if it is rewritten, we still would have to support all the
>> legacy c-client installs that will exist for many years. ugh.
>
> Better to make c-client become legacy, than to have it still be the
> only game in
> town, five years from now..
Maybe you misunderstood me (or i didn't outline it clearly enough
earlier). c-client doesn't need to be re-written. It is actively
being updated and maintained by UW. It is the *PHP* c-client module
that needs to be updated to fully make use of the current UW c-client
lib abilities.
michael
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