On 2005-11-28, Zachery Hostens roundcube@plastik.us wrote:
the more i update roundcube the more unstable it gets, and the more pure oddities i see that should never be seen in any type of software :x
I don't hack on roundcube, I don't even use it myself right now. Why: because it is ALPHA software. A lot of people on this list don't seem to understand what a 0.1-20050121 release means. It means it probably isn't going to work unless you are a coder and willing to spend time getting it to work. It is probably going to break every time you do a cvs up. It certainly isn't the kind of thing you should roll out to end users. It isn't going to have every little feature that a 10 year old client like mutt or Outlook does; the developers aren't idiots they know all about .signature files and LDAP addressbooks and everything else on the roadmap/wishlist but just haven't gotten around to them yet. Roundcube might, if you are lucky and the stars are in alignment, work as an every-day mail client for you. But don't count on it.
I'm not saying roundcube is bad or broken or non-functional. Just that it is alpha software. What roundcube needs are developers contributing code, not frustrated users expecting a flawless and feature packed experience from an alpha project sitting at version 0.1.
just from looking at the source/(making one patch) i have to say ive never seen code formed so 'oddly' to put it.
I can only say you must not have much experience coding if roundcube is the worst looking codebase you've ever seen :)
Justus