Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 19:06:28 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Harlan Stenn <Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com> Cc: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>, Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>, mark@grondar.za, donegan@quick.net, dcs@newsguy.com, jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, committers@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Postfix is coming. new uid, gid required. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901011903540.9916-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <18780.915229502@brown.pfcs.com>
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On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Harlan Stenn wrote:
> > I hate to ask, but is it so hard for us to do similar to what *ack* Linux
> > does? Where, at install time, you choose what mailer you want (or,
> > rather, what package) installed? So that me, who prefers sendmail, has
> > sendmail installed, but not postfix?
>
> This will only work well when there is an "easy" way to update/refresh the
> installed packages.
Doesn't this whole "argument" provide enough proof that this
should be a priority? As time goes on, there are going to be more and
more instances where there are multiple choices as to what software can be
installed to do the same thing. Adding each "alternative" to contrib
isn't a solution, so a solution should be built, with the whole sendmail
vs postfix (vs smail vs exim vs ??) being the basis of it...
I would much rather see *all* MTA's removed with a cleaner
mechanism to install the one I want, vs replacing that which I do want
with an unknown...
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
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