Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 23:40:24 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: alexandr@mail.eecis.udel.eud, committers@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Postfix is coming. new uid, gid required. Message-ID: <368B8CD8.7737E622@newsguy.com> References: <199812310921.BAA11045@hub.freebsd.org> <199812311330.FAA29862@hub.freebsd.org>
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"Jonathan M. Bresler" wrote: > > > Just to play "devil's advocate" I have a question. Why put Postfix in > > the tree instead of making it a port? The only reason I ask is because > > exim and qmail are ports instead of being in the tree. > > well....that's a sticky question, we quickly get into the realm of > opinion, opinion based upon running the FreeBSD mailing lists for > several years (and other sources) but opinion none the less. > > Postfix is the only one of the three that I believe may become a > standard mailer with the robustness, efficiency and support that is > required. Postfix has proven to be an excellent mta for the FreeBSD > mailing lists (you've been soaking in it for months). Well, I guess that kind of skirts the question. Why not just a port? Ok, let's assume Postfix is the best one of them, I still can't see why it would need to be committed to the tree, unless as a replacement for Sendmail (meaning, sendmail gets the kick). This just looks live the pcvt/syscons vs unified console issue. As horrible as sendmail is, I doubt we could remove it from the source without a major riot. So, what it is GAINED by having Postfix in the contrib instead of the ports? -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com "Heart like a Gabriel, pure and white as ivory, soul like a lucifer, black and cold as a piece of lead." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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