From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 18 18:20:38 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0895D16A4B3; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 18:20:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B6CA43FAF; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 18:20:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (bay6-86.fyi.net [206.80.154.86]) by pittgoth.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h8J1KXvd020612; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 21:20:34 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 21:15:31 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: Michael Sierchio Message-Id: <20030918211531.293e916a.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3F6A2A72.90405@tenebras.com> References: <20030918152942.5c7163df.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <3F6A2A72.90405@tenebras.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.3claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.org cc: FreeBSD-qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mail selection options in sysinstall(8). X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 01:20:38 -0000 On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:58:10 -0700 Michael Sierchio wrote: > Tom Rhodes wrote: > > > Due to legal issues, qmail was not added to the selection. Sorry. > > What legal issues? It seems entirely possible to produce a license-compliant > var-qmail package for FreeBSD. It would be nice to offer it as the default > MTA. > I was told that the version which exists in our ports collection cannot be packaged. When I tested that theory: # make package ===> qmail-1.03_1 may not be packaged: djb\'s packaging license does not allow non-standard qmail binary distributions. I personally lack the time to 'produce a license compliant var-qmail package'. -- Tom Rhodes