[Cyrus Imap 3.0] Doc wrong archive_maxsize

[Jan Parcel]

On 10/13/2016 08:20 PM, Bron Gondwana via Cyrus-devel wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Oct 2016, at 12:08, Jan Parcel via Cyrus-devel wrote:
>> On 10/13/2016 03:23 PM, ellie timoney via Cyrus-devel wrote:
>>> I think some of the confusion comes from the fact that the setting 
>>> name -- "archive max size" -- very strongly implies (incorrectly) 
>>> something like "the largest size of message that will be archived" / 
>>> "messages larger than this will not be archived at all".  It takes a 
>>> fair bit of attentive reading to overcome that initial implication 
>>> and reach the correct understanding, that "messages larger than this 
>>> will be archived immediately, without waiting for archive_days".
>>>
>>> But I haven't thought of a better name for this setting either.
>> My training is originally in both software engineering and Technical 
>> Communications and this sounds like a REALLY good argument for 
>> changing the name of the setting.  "max_size_delayed_archive" -- 
>> where are they held if not archived immediately? 
>> "max_size_cached_before_archiving" ?
>>
>
> Yeah, I agree it's a kind of crappy name.  I honestly don't care what 
> colour this particular bikeshed gets painted.  Pull requests at 
> https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd/ gratefully received.
>

Actually, I want to pull libsasl, but I don't know how to turn it into a 
tarball so I can test it.  Or how to get permission to push.

And if I can change that name for y'all on a weekend, I guess I could do it.

> (feel free to come up with a better name for 'proxyservers' while 
> you're thinking about config naming, though that has a much larger 
> entrenched installed base)
>
> Bron.
>
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>   Bron Gondwana
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