5. Pote Ena Triantafyllo den Einai Triantafyllo?

Exontas melethsei thn symperifora toy Linus kai sxhmatisei mia 8ewreia gia ton logo poy htan epityxhs, phra thn sobarh apofash na dokimasw thn 8ewreia moy sto neo moy sxedio (polu ligotero periploko kai filodojo).

Alla to prwto pragma poy ekana htan na organwsw ek neoy kai na aplopoihsw polu ton popclient. H ylopoihsh toy Carl Harris htan polu hxhrh alla paroysiaze mia mh anagkaia polyplokothta, koinh se pollous programmatistes C. Metaxeiristhke ton kwdika san na einai to kentro kai tis domes dedomenwn san yposthrijh toy kwdika. Me apotelesma o kwdikas na einai omorfos alla oi domes dedomenwn sxediasmenes ad hoc kai mallon asxhmes (toylaxiston sumfwna me ta ychla stantar aytou toy paliou LISP hacker).

Eixa ki ena allo epipleon skopo ektos ths beltiwshs toy kwdika kai ton sxediasmo ths domhs twn dedomenwn thn epaneggrafh toy kwdika ths efarmoghs. Aytos htan gia na emplakw se kati poy katalabaina plhrws. Den einai diaskedastiko na exeis thn ey8unh gia dior8wsh twn bugs s' ena programma poy den katalabaineis.

Ton prwto mhna akoloy8ousa thn ylopoihsh toy basikou sxediasmou toy Carl. H prwth sobarh allagh poy ekana htan na eisagw yposthrijh IMAR. Ayto to ekana me thn ek neoy organwsh twn prwtokollwn s' enan geniko driver kai se treis pinakes me8odwn (gia ROR2, ROR3 kai IMAR). Ayth kai h prohgoumenh allagh apeikonizoyn mia genikh arxh poy einai kalo na exoyn kata noy oi programmatistes, idiaitera se glwsses opws h C poy kanonika den dia8etoyn dynamikh daktylografhsh.

9. Ejypnh domh dedomenwn kai koytos kwdikas doyleuoyn kalutera ap' to antistrofo.

Brooks, Kefalaio 9: "An moy deijeis ton kwdika soy kai kruceis thn domh twn dedomenwn soy, 8a parameinw se sugxysh. An moy deijeis thn domh twn dedomenwn soy, den 8a xreiastw ton kwdika soy. Suntoma 8a ton ma8w".

Sthn pragmatikothta o Brooks, sthn parapanw paragrafo, anaferetai se "diagrammata rohs" kai "pinakes". Xrhsimopoiwntas, omws, trianta xronwn orologikhs /politistikhs metallaghs, einai sxedon to idio.

S' ayto to shmeio (arxes Septembrh 96, eji mhnes apo thn wra mhden) arxisa na skeftomai oti mia allagh onomatos isws einai epi8ymhth-sto katw ths grafhs, den htan pia apla enas POP client. Distasa, omws, epeidh tipota ston sxediasmo den htan gnhsia kainourio. H ekdosh toy popclient moy eprepe na apokthsei dikh ths taytothta.

Ayth h katastash allaje rizika otan to fetchmail ema8e pws na prow8ei ta paralhf8enta mhnumata sthn 8ura SMTP. 8a milhsw gi' ayto se ligo. Eipa prohgoymenws oti eixa apofasisei na xrhsimopoihsw ayto to sxedio gia na dokimasw thn 8ewria moy sxetika me thn symbolh toy Linus Torvalds. Ayto to ekana ws ejhs:

1. Ejedida nwris kai syxna (Toylaxiston mia fora stis deka meres. Sth diarkeia periodwn entonoy programmatismou, ka8e mera).
2. Megalwsa thn lista twn dokimastwn beta pros8etontas s' ayth ka8e enan poy epikoinwnouse mazi moy gia to fetchmail.
3. Estelna filikes anakoinwseis sta melh ths listas meta apo ka8e ekdosh, en8arrunontas ton kosmo na parei meros sto egxeirhma.
4. akoyga toys dokimastes moy, sfygmometrwntas anamesa toys gia tis apofaseis toy sxediasmou, eyxaristwntas toys ka8e fora poy apantousan ki estelnan dior8wseis.

10. An feresai stoys dokimastes soy san na einai h pio polutimh phgh soy, 8a antapokri8oun san h pio polutimh phgh soy.

Ena metro ths epityxias toy fetchmail einai to spoydaio mege8os ths listas twn dokimastwn, twn filwn toy fetchmail. Mexri stigmhs exei 249 melh kai prosti8entai duo h treis ka8e bdomada.

Opws diapistwsa sta telh Maioy 1997, h lista arxise na xanei apo ta peripoy 300 melh ths, poy einai kai o megaluteros ari8mos toys, gia enan shmantiko logo. Polloi an8rwpoi moy zhthsan na toys diagracw apo thn lista epeidh to fetchmail douleye toso kala gi' aytous poy den xreiazontan pleon na einai sth lista! Isws, kati tetoio einai meros toy fysikou kukloy zwhs ka8e wrimoy sxedioy poy yio8etei to styl "pazariou".