Re: [exim-dev] RFC: private vs. generic options in routers a…

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Autor: Heiko Schlittermann
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Para: exim-dev
Assunto: Re: [exim-dev] RFC: private vs. generic options in routers and transports
Andreas Metzler <eximusers@???> (Sa 22 Nov 2014 15:25:17 CET):
> On 2014-11-17 Heiko Schlittermann <hs@???> wrote:
> > when giving lessons about Exim it's always not easy to differentiate
> > between the generic and the private options in the driver instance
> > configuration blocks.


> The cost of renaming variables and dropping the old name is huge. Keeping
> the old name around as an alternative name forever has also some
> non-neglible cost (longer docs, slightly more complex, ugly).


Hm, a configuration file that is better readable is always a gain. A
complex configuration is not always read or maintained by an expert.

--
Heiko