Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:36:33 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org> To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>, Mark Linimon <linimon@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/metamail Makefile Message-ID: <20040413163633.GA69053@tomcat.kitchenlab.org> In-Reply-To: <20040413140137.GG84087@madman.celabo.org> References: <200404130245.i3D2jfQu032198@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040413140137.GG84087@madman.celabo.org>
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--qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If memory serves me right, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote: > On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 07:45:41PM -0700, Mark Linimon wrote: > > linimon 2004/04/12 19:45:41 PDT > > > > FreeBSD ports repository > > > > Modified files: > > mail/metamail Makefile > > Log: > > nectar points out that there are still ports in the tree that depend = on > > metamail: mail/exmh2 (and thus japanese/exmh2), and mail/rmime. Since > > I am not sure what the development status of those ports are, I am go= ing > > to remove the expiration date -- but with some trepidation, leave the > > deprecated tag. One could, of course, just ask the maintainers of these ports. For example: nimitz:bmah% grep MAINTAINER /usr/ports/mail/exmh2/Makefile MAINTAINER?=3D bmah@FreeBSD.org :-) > > Revision Changes Path > > 1.25 +0 -1 ports/mail/metamail/Makefile >=20 > Heh, my message was meant to *support* the removal of this port, not > prevent it :-) >=20 > I thought I was the last exmh user (stopping using it ~1998). :-) Heh. I believe (just from skimming the code, but not having tested this) that exmh only needs metamail for doing base64 and quoted-printable encoding/decoding of files. Of those: 1. The converters/base64 port is applicable. Relatively recent -CURRENT and -STABLE have base64 encode/decode utilities in the base system. 2. If someone can suggest a quoted-printable encode/decode utility (a filter would be ideal) in the base system or ports, we could probably eliminate exmh's metamail dependency altogether. Bruce. --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAfBcQ2MoxcVugUsMRAsCLAJ4nWQIThZhCDmPkxp1m1mGySIN98wCeJSga JLuyQ97SO2U4CmwV1NZp9xo= =gVB3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk--
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