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Date:      Thu, 21 Dec 2017 16:04:26 +0700
From:      Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
To:        Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>, Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
Cc:        Sunpoet Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>, Ted Hatfield <ted@io-tx.com>
Subject:   Re: Procmail got updated!
Message-ID:  <5A3B791A.6020304@grosbein.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1sFRP--bLFApQZHqqPpJOiQN%2B%2Bn74Jh0jk7vozYqUKadA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 21.12.2017 07:35, Kevin Oberman wrote:

>>> What happened with old good "Tools, not policy" thing?
>>
>> It's simpler than that, no policy involved.
>>
>> The tool had a hollow head, and broke after several years of banging it,
>> and the former tool maker told the public it's out of warranty (never
>> was in due to it being free) and not being fixed any more, and should be
>> scrapped.
> 
> It still works (painfully) and is used by many.  They would be wise to
> stop, but it is not the job of the project to force them to do so,
> 
> I do think that a pkg-message with "Here there be dragons! Proceed at your
> own risk. dropmail is a MUCH safer (and easier) path." would be
> appropriate.

+1

> I don't think it is the job of the project to force people to
> replace it if they think they know what they are doing. Of course, bitrot
> or similar may take it before long.




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