From owner-cvs-all Thu Jan 28 23:20:35 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA04316 for cvs-all-outgoing; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 23:20:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gjp.erols.com (alex-va-n008c079.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA04311; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 23:20:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.9.1/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA54597; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 02:19:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Mark Murray cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: Small, useful tools (Was: Re: 'cpdup' program, and question) In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 26 Jan 1999 21:12:04 +0200." <199901261912.VAA50572@greenpeace.grondar.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 02:19:58 -0500 Message-ID: <54593.917594398@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Mark Murray wrote in message ID <199901261912.VAA50572@greenpeace.grondar.za>: > > I would have loved to include a POP server in the to-be-bmaked > list, except I have read too much recently about how unstable > or stylisticaly bad the current options are. > > Nevertheless, it would do our "features" list a good turn to have > "POP server" on the "out of box" list. > > No, a POP server should be able to be included seamlessly in the bsae system through a more advanced package system. I'm probably closer to the POP server problem than most, and I've yet to run across a freeware popper that doesn't make me want to throw up. The user should have the choice of what makes him/her/it throw up, however, which is why the POP servers should remain a package and be kept out of /usr/src. Hopefully Packages-TNG will appear sooner rather than later. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message