simplicity vs safety with complexity

[David Relson]

On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:00:42 +0100
prlwytzkofski2000 at xs4all.nl wrote:

> Same here, the upgrade was a total mess (aptitude update + database 
> version mismatch +
> no backups = end of story). Which was sorted out with the help of the 
> good people of this very mailing list.
> Everything is working fine again now, and I learned a lot from it. But 
> it took way too much time..
> Now that it's fixed I don't mind, but at the time I decided to switch to 
> spamassassin. Didn' t like it much though.
> Bogofilter is now at 0.93.4 and running smoothly.
> 
> I think the default (debian build) should have transactions disabled , 
> then the hardcore users can install the source and compile one with 
> transactions enabled. The transactions logs need to be purged as well, 
> so that's probably already too much hassle for the average user.
> Bogofilter was working just fine until the upgrade, and now it's running 
> just fine again. On the surface it makes no difference, with or without 
> transactions.
> And being the only user on my system, personally I don't think I need a 
> professional database environment, just a wordlist will do nicely.
> 
> Even so, it's extremely kewl that you guys ask for the opinion of the 
> bogofilter users ...
> 
> P

Hi,

We, the developers, recognize that different people have different needs
and are looking to answer the question of "What's best for the user
base?"  Given the question, it makes sense to ask :-)

Regards,

David