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From: Josh Saddler <nightmorph@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] death to mailer-config/mailwrapper
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:03:32 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <472C0F34.7020705@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071103013550.GG22369@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net>

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Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> A bit over two years ago, some developers set out to get debian's
> concept of mailerwrapper ('alternatives' for mail). Ever since then,
> there have been a number of package.masks for various MTAs, and
> the need to carry them forward.
> 
> mailer-config/mailwrapper have not been touched for 2/1 years
> respectively. If it's going to remain masked, can we just get rid of it
> entirely?
> 
> It was a good idea, but it just never took off, I think mainly because
> it required too many changes to MTAs, and also did not provide for one
> of the original goals - running two disparate MTAs on the same box.
> 

Aye, death to them!

Well, I don't use 'em anyway.


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  reply	other threads:[~2007-11-03  6:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-03  1:35 [gentoo-dev] death to mailer-config/mailwrapper Robin H. Johnson
2007-11-03  6:03 ` Josh Saddler [this message]
2007-11-08 17:38 ` Grant Goodyear

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