Re: [Evolution] email as alarm type

[NotZed <notzed ximian com>]

> On Tue, 2001-11-20 at 16:13, Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote:
> > >   * At this point, it likely requires the shell to run, so 
> > >     it depends on components being reusable without the shell.
> > > My vote is to implement for post 1.0 the sendmail mechanism
> >
> > My vote is to make all components reusable without the shell, all
> > componets, other developers should be able to use the contacts
> > component, the composer etc etc.  
>
> Dont get me wrong.  The idea of making every component reusable would be
> great, but it will take a lot of time to implement, and that is only
> *one* of the many things in the path to get mail alarms working.
>
> I do not believe its the smartest thing to do.

This begs the most obvious question:

What on earth are we doing using a (somewhat green and buggy)
component system if we're just goint to write a monolithic application
anyway?

Are we just masochists and like to start two steps behind with one
broken leg and our hand tied behind our back?