On Sat, 2005-04-30 at 11:05, JC Dill wrote: > I personally don't see it as being a significant endorsement. AIUI, > it's a patch that allows 2 software programs to work well together. > Mailman already provides patches or directions to make mailman work well > with qmail and postfix, but I don't believe this constitutes an > "endorsement" of qmail and/or postfix.
In a sense it does though, because we're making some kind of promise to keep those things working. Now, the reality is that without Your help, there's no way I could keep those promises. I know Mailman works with Postfix because that's what I use, but I certainly don't have the time or resources to test under all possible configurations. I still think that means that the Mailman community as a whole is endorsing the support of those external mail servers. > A simple patch philosophy that will address this and future patches: If > the patch is incorporated into the main mailman build then the default > state should be "off" so that the listmaster has to proactively turn the > feature "on" for their mailman list server. +1 > If the patch remains as an > add-on feature that has to be downloaded separately from the main build, > then the default state could be "on" (since downloading the patch > separately would be a clear indication that the listmaster desired to > implement this feature on their mailman list server). -1. Pro-actively enabling a feature shouldn't be that much more work than downloading it and getting it integrated. > IMHO, etc. Caveat: I'm not a developer so those of you who actually > write code and build/install the software (I just run it after someone > else installed it for me :-) have much more say on this than I do. So > if you hate my idea, speak up! Don't underestimate yourself JC! You're what we developers like to call "A User", and while your type can be pesky at times <wink>, without you we're just hacking in the wind (he says, refraining from a more graphic description :). Users who help contribute to the design, functionality, and usability of Mailman -- as you do -- are always welcome on this list! -Barry
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