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Date:      Sat, 25 Jan 1997 14:35:23 -0400 (AST)
From:      The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
To:        Masafumi NAKANE/=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCQ2Y6LDJtSjgbKEI=?= <max@wide.ad.jp>
Cc:        cvs-ports@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit:  ports/mail/fetchmail Makefile ports/mail/fetchmail/files  md5 ports/mail/fetchmail/pkg DESCR
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.970125143432.220E-100000@thelab.hub.org>
In-Reply-To: <199701251820.DAA03648@bourbon.sfc.wide.ad.jp>

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On Sun, 26 Jan 1997, Masafumi NAKANE/[ISO-2022-JP] 中根雅文 wrote:

>      > 	There is a bug in 3.1 that has been reported to Eric that,
>      > IMHO, makes it a *poor* candidate for the ports collection at
>      > this time.
> 
>      > 	Response from Eric is that the bug is/will be fixed in v3.2...
> 
>      > 	The bug essentially causes it to be unable to retrieve email,
>      > and it crashes horribly...v2.8, at least, was reasonably stable
>      > in comparison (NOTE: I rely completely on fetchmail to retrieve
>      > my email)
> 
> Ok, so would you suggest backing out previous commit, or rather mark
> this port BROKEN for  now, till 3.2 gets out?
>
	I'd suggest backing out previous commit, since, as I said, I
consider fetchmail to be a valuable resource, and don't know how long
before v3.2 is supposed to come out (hvae been informed "shortly"...which
could be a week, or a month...*shrug*)




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