Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:01:18 -0500 (CDT) From: Ted Hatfield <ted@io-tx.com> To: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/procmail Makefile Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1108301353530.66881@io-tx.com> In-Reply-To: <4E5D26E2.7040300@gmx.de> References: <201108300823.p7U8NIfD038098@repoman.freebsd.org> <4E5CC44C.3070604@FreeBSD.org> <20110830111152.GF28186@home.opsec.eu> <4E5CD28A.1080809@FreeBSD.org> <20110830122726.GG28186@home.opsec.eu> <4E5D0856.8080505@FreeBSD.org> <20110830163933.GC17573@lonesome.com> <CADLo838VNcjKLTTW2-420fs9cnP865WRXinqBTtP4sgu2Mttrg@mail.gmail.com> <4E5D216C.6070801@FreeBSD.org> <20110830175740.GA19289@lonesome.com> <4E5D26E2.7040300@gmx.de>
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On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, Matthias Andree wrote: > Am 30.08.2011 19:57, schrieb Mark Linimon: >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 07:44:12PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: >>> It only warns, it does not prevent fresh installs on systems that don't >>> have the same port/package already installed. >> >> "code, not policy" ... ? > > Well... is _is_ policy and meant as such. We make decisions for ports > users all the time, and this is no exception. If procmail has no ongoing security issues and it compiles and installs with no problems what's the reasoning behind removing it from the ports tree? As far as I can see the reasoning advocated at this time is that procmail hasn't been in active development since 2001. Shouldn't that be seen as a sign of stability. I'm not a software developer so maybe I'm missing something obvious about this situation. Feel free to educate/convice me that I should make the effort to switch from procmail to maildrop. I've been using procmail now for 16 years and I'm very happy with it's performance. Moving to maildrop would be a significant amount of effort for both me and my users. Ted Hatfield
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