On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:48:02 +0200, Andreas Henriksson writes: >On tor, 2008-08-21 at 10:30 +1000, Alexander Zangerl wrote: >> if you have exim installed, kuvert does not override your wish. > >If you have *any* mta installed (including sendmail), the kuvert >dependency will be fullfilled through the | mail-transport-agent >alternative.
correct, that is how it's supposed to be. >> the same happens if you tell apt to get an mta of your choice. >> if on the other hand you select no mta, you get my choice - which is >> anything BUT exim. > >This sucks. Please see the principle of leaste surprise. this *is* the principle of least surprise: if you have an mta, fine by me. if you make a choice of which mta to install, fine by me. if you do neither, you get my choice. which will NEVER be exim. >> i dislike exim extremely. > >Then please advocate that the global default is changed rather then >having your own little mini-rebellion. no. (i leave the advocacy to people who have time to waste.) >Also, choice is not hurt by having one streamlined default so that >argument is complete crap. show me the policy section that says i can't depend on sendmail | mta. >Just because choice is an option doesn't mean >we have to make a complete mess out of the entire distribution. getting sendmail if (and only if!) you make no choice whatsoever does not constitute "making a complete mess". please stop wasting people's time with your private crusade for exim and go fix RC bugs instead. regards az -- + Alexander Zangerl + DSA 42BD645D + (RSA 5B586291) Kindermund: Wenn man kranke Kühe isst, kriegt man ISDN.
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