Hi! > if the majority of people install their systems via packages, that makes for > a fairly common FreeBSD base across all users.
Why would a system installed via packaged be more homogenous than one installed as base, and updated via freebsd-update ? I don't understand this -- can you elaborate ? > In closing, and more to the point regarding Sendmail; Sendmail has a nearly > impeccable security record in at the last decade. It provides a *secure*, > more powerful, and more flexible MX on the cheap. I see little reason to > consider it an attack vector. Which makes *security*, and it's related > maintenance a pretty poor argument, for it's removal. The argument is: The update process for base is more complex than for packages, and we've come a long way to have a very nice pkg-system, in general. The mid-term plan is thus to package base, too. Packaging base means sensible packages have to be defined, and sendmail suits a package very well. -- [email protected] +49 171 3101372 3 years to go ! _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
