Re: [gentoo-user] Kmail2 - I have not given up ... yet

[J. Roeleveld]

On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 09:32:55 PM lee wrote:
> "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org> writes:
> > On Tuesday, December 29, 2015 08:03:25 PM Mick wrote:
> >> On Tuesday 29 Dec 2015 17:37:25 lee wrote:
> >> > Are we at the point where users are accepting to have to install and
> >> > maintain a fully fledged RDBMS just for a single application which
> >> > doesn't even need a database in the first place?
> >>
> >> Yes, a sad state of affairs indeed.  I was hoping for the last 5-6 years
> >> that someone  who can code would come to their senses with this
> >> application
> >> and agree that not all desktop application use cases require some
> >> enterprise level database back end architecture, when a few flat data
> >> files
> >> have served most users perfectly fine for years.  I mean, do I *really*
> >> need a database for less that 60 entries in my address book?!!
> >
> > I'm no longer convinced a database isn't needed.
> > Kmail1 was slower than kmail2 is these days.
>
> We are talking here about a single application.  Are users nowadays
> generally willing, inclined and in the position to deploy a RDBMS just
> in order to use a single application?  Can they be expected to run
> several RDBMSs when the next application comes along and suggests mysql
> instead of postgresql?

Most applications use a database of one type or another.
Flatfiles are a bad idea when performance is important with large datasets.
My email is a large dataset.

> Ironically, in this case you require the RDBMS to be able to use an
> application which is too unstable to be used even without one.  Why not
> use a better application for the same purpose instead?  You wouldn't
> have to worry about your emails then.

I don't worry about my emails.
I find kmail2 to be more stable and usable then kmail1.

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Joost