Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 12:06:18 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: mark@grondar.za, dcs@newsguy.com, alexandr@mail.eecis.udel.eud, committers@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Postfix is coming. new uid, gid required. Message-ID: <199812312006.MAA01368@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 31 Dec 1998 08:15:54 PST." <199812311615.IAA15286@hub.freebsd.org>
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> > Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 17:10:22 +0200 > > From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> > > > > We gain the ability to emphasise Postfix and de-emphasise Sendmail. > > After an appropriate period, we gain the ability to nuke Sendmail > > as Postfix has been solidly tested/used/ported/integrated for > > "long enough". No combustion over definitions of "long enough", > > please :-). > > WHOA!!!!! > > what if no one else likes postfix. > > postfix is coming into the tree as /usr/src/contrib. > sendmail is the default mail transfer agent. > individual users can switch either machines to use postfix as > the mta. > there is no intention of removing sendmail from the tree. This clearly demonstrates that there is no mandate, nor no technical justification for bringing postfix in. Please make a port of it and stay with convention. Now is not a good time for a -core member to be demonstrating personal bias over established convention with regards to the FreeBSD source tree. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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