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> References: <alpine.BSF.2.21.1712181012470.92288@aneurin.horsfall.org> <a3a1097d-22c7-89cc-dd69-b4ceeebf7228@gmx.de> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1712181824220.10261@io-tx.com> <f68594db-396b-0821-e90d-3f089781e8fd@gmx.de> <5A39F7C9.1030800@grosbein.net> <05504d3c-3225-e83f-8f10-225319421a35@gmx.de> <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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