Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:27:44 -0200 From: Gonzalo Nemmi <gnemmi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is sendmail is part of the system and not a package? Message-ID: <200910271827.44239.gnemmi@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0910271318x20912a3bxf021d0a8f1c4f684@mail.gmail.com> References: <d873d5be0910270232m45f1f1eela9a99cd2b4572cde@mail.gmail.com> <200910271543.39876.gnemmi@gmail.com> <d7195cff0910271318x20912a3bxf021d0a8f1c4f684@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday 27 October 2009 6:18:33 pm illoai@gmail.com wrote: > 2009/10/27 Gonzalo Nemmi <gnemmi@gmail.com>: > > On Tuesday 27 October 2009 7:32:14 am b. f. wrote: > >> >It's in /usr/sbin/sendmail. > >> > > >> >How many people actually use it? Very few. > >> >Why isn't it moved to ports? > >> > >> Obviously, not everyone wants or needs sendmail in the base > >> system. But quite a few people do use it, and many FreeBSD > >> developers are happy with the status quo, so it is unlikely that > >> sendmail will be removed soon. =A0But there's nothing to prevent you > >> from disabling it in rc.conf(5): > > > > Or from switching to other BSDs in which the last word over an > > issue stands in the hands of reason .. and not in the hands of > > status quo ... which, by the way, never took any science a single > > step forwar, and on the contrary ... did everything it could to > > stop it ... because otherwise, there would be no status quo anymore > > or it will fall in the hands of others. > > What programs to include by default in a particular > operating system ain't "science", buddy, no matter > how thin you slice that bologna. Developing new technologies to improve the state of any given situation=20 or problem in any given point in time is "science". This thread is not about "What programs to include by default in a=20 particular operating system". Keep slicing your bologna.
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