Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:37:14 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Allan Bowhill <abowhill@blarg.net> Subject: Re: Bug in ports howto question Message-ID: <20031126103714.GT340@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <20031125094426.GA39119@kosmos.my.net> References: <20031027200046.33CF516A4DB@hub.freebsd.org> <20031027214510.GA52000@kosmos.mynet> <20031027223648.GC1004@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <20031028000708.GA52155@kosmos.mynet> <20031028004319.GF1004@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <20031125072702.GG340@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20031125064404.GA38625@kosmos.my.net> <20031125193010.GB67289@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20031125094426.GA39119@kosmos.my.net>
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# abowhill@blarg.net / 2003-11-25 01:44:26 -0800:
> On 0, Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> wrote:
strange date :)
> Unfortunately, unlike other platforms, to send and receive mail on
> FreeBSD, you need to a little about how mail works. I did not know a
> lot in this area, before I started.
Unfortunately? I don't agree with your assessment of the fact, but
that's just me.
> After learning a bit, I am left with the impression that internet
> mechanisms and standards that support mail are complicated and
> somewhat badly-designed. Evolutionary. (too many specialized
> protocols, headers, acronyms)
>
> Despite all this, the configuration task is not that bad if you have
> good instructions, but in principle, is overkill for submitting
> ports. It's a little like trying to do square-foot gardening with a
> combine. But if you have the time and documentation, you can get it
> to work properly.
Do you say port submission should be taken out using a separate
mechanism?
> :> This is a problem, becuase the PR was a new port. Now nobody will touch
> :> the port becuase it looks too hard to deal with. So it will probably sit
> :> in GNATS for 6 months, until someone takes it upon themselves to clean
> :> it out. Then, I guess I can re-submit it.
> :
> : Just mail gnats-submit@ (or whatever's the correct address) with
> : ports/#YOUR-PR-NR in subject and the correct patch attached.
>
> Yes. That's how I messed up the second submission out of three. Whatever
> you do, don't send it as an attachment in outlook express :)
Whatever you do, avoid Outlook [Express].
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