[lsb-discuss] Clarification of general LSB requirements

[Jeff Licquia]

On 07/10/2013 10:00 AM, Aaron Sowry wrote:
> You're technically correct, but I don't agree with your conclusion. You
> seem to be saying that since it's possible for sendmail to fail
> *sometimes*, then it must be okay for it to fail *all* the time. Yes,
> applications should be able to handle both cases, but there are crucial
> differences between failing because something actually went wrong and
> failing by design.

>From an application design point of view, what are those crucial
differences?
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