On 30/03/07, John W. Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/30/07 8:41 AM, "Easthope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > mh> ... renaming would be a terrible pain. > > > > The procedure which seems to work elsewhere is > > to introduce the better name as an alias for > > the bad name. After a year or two with both > > names recognized and the new name in the stock > > configuration, people become aware of the new > > name. Then you can warn that the old name will > > be omitted and eventually omit it. > > By Philip's practice, the old name would be a candidate for removal at major > version update time. Of course, Philip will be retired before the next one > of those, so the new Exim shepherds will get to make the call.
Actually this thread was about the name of a parameter in the Debian config system, so it's not within either Philip's or the new shepherds' scope. My request to take the discussion to the Debian list went unheeded.... > > Philip, you'll also be retired before the major annoyance that will be > caused by opening up domain names to non-ASCII (which seems to be > steamrollering ahead). Good timing. Hmmm, we're all looking forward to that, I'm sure :-( Peter -- Peter Bowyer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
