why is there so much "weird shit" in akonadi/kdepim?

[John White]

On Sunday, December 15, 2019 1:45:25 AM PST Anders Lund wrote:
> søndag den 15. december 2019 09.34.50 CET skrev Ianseeks:
> > On Saturday, 14 December 2019 17:58:09 GMT salamandir wrote:
> > > On Thursday, 12 December 2019 23:12:04 PST Ianseeks, an eminent
> > > manifestation>
> > > 
> > > of divinity, wrote:
> > > > On Thursday, 12 December 2019 18:22:18 GMT Paul Vixie wrote:
> > > > > akonadi is junk, abandonware. we are stuck with it but it has no
> > > > > champion.
> > > > > a bad situation. switch to postgres and restart it twice every day
> > > > > and
> > > > > you will be able to use kontact. a fine trade.
> > > > 
> > > > moving to postgres has definitely made things a lot better for me
> > > 
> > > if this is the case, is there any plan for making postgres (or something
> > > other than akonadi) default in a future release?
> > 
> > Sorry, i have no idea - thats a choice for the distro/devs etc
> 
> Switching to pgsql is very simple - install it and change a single line in
> ~/.config/akonadi/akonadiserverrc:
> Driver=QPSQL
> 
> Before editing the file run
> $ akonadictl stop
> 
> and after
> $akonadictl start
> 
> --
> kindly,
> Anders

I am thinking of switching to pgsql but am very nervous.  I live in kmail.  Over the 
years I have tried several email clients and kmail, with all its faults, is still the best.  
At least for pop3.  

If pgsql will solve some of the existing problems, and I know exactly what to do in 
order to make the switch, and if I won't lose ability to search my old kmail files, I 
want to try it.  But I don't understand why, if pgsql is better, the developers don't 
use it.  I don't understand why, if akonadi is "junk", why the kmail developers still 
use it.  It there anyway to get some kind of consensus as to which is better and 
whether switching causes other problems?  Is there some way to get some input 
from the developers concerning this matter?

John White



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