Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:35:27 -0800 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> Cc: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>, Ted Hatfield <ted@io-tx.com>, FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, Sunpoet Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Procmail got updated! Message-ID: <CAN6yY1sFRP--bLFApQZHqqPpJOiQN%2B%2Bn74Jh0jk7vozYqUKadA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <05504d3c-3225-e83f-8f10-225319421a35@gmx.de> References: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1712181012470.92288@aneurin.horsfall.org> <a3a1097d-22c7-89cc-dd69-b4ceeebf7228@gmx.de> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1712181824220.10261@io-tx.com> <f68594db-396b-0821-e90d-3f089781e8fd@gmx.de> <5A39F7C9.1030800@grosbein.net> <05504d3c-3225-e83f-8f10-225319421a35@gmx.de>
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On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> wrote: > Am 20.12.2017 um 06:40 schrieb Eugene Grosbein: > > On 20.12.2017 01:03, Matthias Andree wrote: > > > >> Dear Ted, Eugene, > > [skip] > > > > What happened with old good "Tools, not policy" thing? > > > > > > It's simpler than that, no policy involved. > > The tool had a hollow head, and broke after several years of banging it, > and the former tool maker told the public it's out of warranty (never > was in due to it being free) and not being fixed any more, and should be > scrapped. > It still works (painfully) and is used by many. They would be wise to stop, but it is not the job of the project to force them to do so, I do think that a pkg-message with "Here there be dragons! Proceed at your own risk. dropmail is a MUCH safer (and easier) path." would be appropriate. I don't think it is the job of the project to force people to replace it if they think they know what they are doing. Of course, bitrot or similar may take it before long. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683
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