Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:30:31 -0700 From: pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com> To: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk>, Gonzalo Nemmi <gnemmi@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is sendmail is part of the system and not a package? Message-ID: <57d710000910271930u79b618f6m2bae6cf5c3c8fa83@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091028021417.GA93608@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <4AE5F897.3000103@rawbw.com> <200910271703.12828.gnemmi@gmail.com> <20091027213134.GA85815@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <200910272046.00289.gnemmi@gmail.com> <20091028021417.GA93608@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 08:45:59PM -0200, Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: >> >> On Tuesday 27 October 2009 7:31:34 pm Jerry McAllister wrote: >> > [snippage] >> >> > So, that leaves personal preference as the only real reason >> > for wanting to replace it. >> >> Let me get this straight .. that means that =A0every Linux distro, NetBS= D, >> OpenBSD and DragonFlyBSD are all doing it just out of personal >> preference? >> > > I'll speculate as to the reasons: > > NetBSD: probably wanted something smaller footprint-wise. > > OpenBSD: wanted something more secure. > > Dragonfly: started afresh, so could replace it without many headaches. > > RedHat: poor package management made it a pain to upgrade. > > FreeBSD: ? > > I can't think of a good reason why FreeBSD should get rid of it. > > Saying that, it would be neat if it was taken out of base and replaced > with something minimal that could cope with the demands of cron and > not much else. Then the user is expected to install a MTA of their > choice out of ports. > > That would mean less code in base and fewer security advisories. > yea i like where you are going with this frank - perhaps when opensmtpd is done we'll be in the position to import this into the freebsd tree? it sounds like it might fit the bill :) -pete --=20 pete wright www.nycbug.org
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