Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 14:34:49 +0200 From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> To: Pat Lashley <patl+sa@volant.org>, "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm@prime.gushi.org>, users@spamassassin.apache.org, spamassassin-users@incubator.apache.org Cc: perl@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD port of SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (continued) Message-ID: <2935218715CC0DA42A98E6C2@cc-147.int.t-online.fr> In-Reply-To: <FAEF3DFFE0FD6ECBA7B62649@vanvoght.phoenix.volant.org> References: <20040924043002.Q78840@prime.gushi.org> <2CE7048C26D5B2A38706C484@vanvoght.phoenix.volant.org> <861CEAA9963517079275A510@[192.168.1.5]> <FAEF3DFFE0FD6ECBA7B62649@vanvoght.phoenix.volant.org>
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+-le 25/09/2004 02:20 -0700, Pat Lashley =E9crivait : | --On Saturday, September 25, 2004 08:59:03 +0200 Mathieu Arnold | <mat@mat.cc> wrote: |=20 |> +-Le 24/09/2004 18:20 -0700, Pat Lashley a dit : |>| SA 3.0 should probably be a separate port rather than an update |>| to the existing SA port; due to the lack of backwards compatability |>| in the API. For example, it would break the Exim port which by |>| default includes the ExiScan patches. (The Exim port would still |>| build; but the SpamAssassin support would fail at run time.) |>=20 |> I don't think we will keep the old spamassassin. The 2.64 version will be |> the only one working with 5.005_03, but well... It's not possible to have |> SA3 work with 5.005_03 (believe me, I tried). |> So, a few days before committing the SA3 update, I'll send a mail with the |> patch I plan to commit to maintainers of ports depending on SA264 for them |> to update/patch/whatever. |=20 | That seems like an awfully short transition period. Why not | a separate 3.0 port for a while; with the old one being deprecated? | Then remove the 2.64 port once the dependant ports have been updated | and in the field long enough for some serious testing? I don't want to have a SA3 port, I'm more in favor of a SA264 port designed for perl 5.005_03 as the databases/p5-DBI-137 port. This is still under discussion. --=20 Mathieu Arnold
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