Are you concerned that the change will break RoundCube on non- SORTing IMAP servers?
Not really.
He didn't change the logic that looks for the 'sort' capability in the capabilities list, so non-SORT-capable IMAP servers should work
just as well as before the change (and benefit from the array handling
speedup).
If you promote this as a feature of a new version, then you would
need to qualify it by saying when used with specific IMAP servers.
I might be a good idea to add to the Requirements page [1] beyond this :
# An IMAP server which supports IMAP 4 rev 1
to also recommend one that supports sorting [2] for best performance.
Also, saying WFM without mentioning what platform, what IMAP server
software and version is similar to saying a certain JavaScript change
WFM without mentioning what platform, what browser and version you
tested. The responses seemed odd to me. If developers really only
test using a small set of IMAP servers, then that small set should be
delineated somehow.
[1] - http://trac.roundcube.net/wiki/Howto_Requirements [2] - <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-imapext- sort-20.txt>
Charles Dostale System Admin - Silver Oaks Communications http://www.silveroaks.com/ 824 17th Street, Moline IL 61265
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