> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:00:19 +0100 > From: Igor ??ivkovi?? <cont...@igor-zivkovic.from.hr> > To: BLFS Development List <blfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org> > Subject: Re: [blfs-dev] discussion about sendmail > > On 2014-02-26 15:53, lf...@cruziero.com wrote: > > > > And as asked clearly: the references are ... , what, where? > > Go to your favorite search engine, type sendmail vs postfix vs exim, and > enjoy the read. >
Hang on: you indicated that you were basing your decision - and fairly explicit recommendation to others, and actions taken that affect others - in substantial part on a 'belief'. Is that belief based on reliable properly-done studies that you can give references for? Or are you just going by vague notions accrued from the internet? Or what? > > > Not even the fairly simple effort of seeing what other distros do - as > > is > > done for much in b/lfs? > > Nope. > Then why did _you_ remove it in the way that you did, instead of going back to list. Under what circumstances do you check what other distros are doing, for package build/bug/config/&c matters? If e.g. gcc or glibc doesn't build/cfg for you according to its own instructions, then do you dump it, or check around to see how to build/cfg it, or what? Is the central criterion here, just what _you_ personally can be bothered with? > > > Any other packages - e.g. TeXLive, LibreOffice, ... - you'd classify > > similarly? > > I'd dump texlive, but libreoffice is useful to me. > Just to check: if something is deemed by you to be presently not useful to you, then do you 'dump' it from just your own builds, or would you want to remove it from the central blfs-book altogether, for everyone else? > > > Patches: effectively yes, look at the Slackware build. > > > > > > If you instead want direct patches to the blfs book xml, then you need > > to realise that folks will look at how previous work is treated, while > > deciding if they want theirs to run the risk of the same. > > Fair enough. > > -- > Igor ??ivkovi?? > http://www.slashtime.net/ > -- > -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
