Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 17:45:53 -0600 (CST) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: D J Bernstein (was Re: quote about open source) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102031733220.55213-100000@shell-2.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <20010203161657.P94275@lpt.ens.fr>
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On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: :David Scheidt said on Feb 3, 2001 at 09:04:42: :> On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: :> :> :some of the internet's busiest servers too. It hasn't been updated :> :since 1997, but then it hasn't needed updating. :> :> That's less than accurate. Most large qmail installations have patched :> djb's distribution. : :To remove bugs/security holes, or to add features? That sentence isn't quite fair. There are some features that out of the box qmail is missing. People who need, or think they need, these features would be justified in considering them to be bugs. : :Possible -- I haven't looked carefully at either. And DJB's licensing :requirements mean it's harder for others to add those features -- but, :as in the case of qmail, maybe it can be done via patches. : Patches are an unmanagalbe way of managing any reasonably sized software. See Terry Lambert's recent postings on the history of post CSRG BSD for examples. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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