Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 14:46:55 -0600 From: Peter Schultz <peter@jocose.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing Sendmail Message-ID: <20030402144655.A54742@jocose.org> In-Reply-To: <200304021727.h32HR4A8047926@harmony.village.org>; from imp@harmony.village.org on Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 10:27:04AM -0700 References: <3E8AED1B.10606@jocose.org> <200304021727.h32HR4A8047926@harmony.village.org>
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On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 10:27:04AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <3E8AED1B.10606@jocose.org> Peter Schultz writes: > : I hope that core will approve removing sendmail from FreeBSD-CURRENT. > > Request denied. > > 1) you made no case for it: Everybdoy knows this is a contentious > issue, yet no reasons were given. > 2) You cc'd core and a public mailing list. Don't ever do that again. Duly noted. > 3) Get consensus on arch@ first. If you can't, then chances are good > that there won't be support for this. Be sure to include how basic > systems will do email, and be prepared to supply patches to the > install system. > I'll try one list at a time then. 1) Coordination between gshapiro@, as the apparent src tree maintainer, and dinoex@, as with the port, to prepare sendmail for it's switch. 2) Find out how NetBSD is solving not having a mailer. Anyone here know, or have a friend that can help? 3) Notify relevant ports maintainers of the impending change. 4) Discuss where to present this during installation, implement. I know that I cannot fix this problem by myself, so I kindly ask for your assistance. I do not endorse the "parting out" of FreeBSD either, only to remove it's dependance on sendmail. I think we can all see how this is related to perl, where a lot of people are going to have it one way or the other, they might as well have it with the flexibilty and ease-of-use from using ports. Pete...
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