hmm, on Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 12:27:32AM -0800, Matthew Dempsky said that
> Dan Bernstein has placed qmail 1.03 into the public domain (see
> http://cr.yp.to/qmail/dist.html). Is there any interest in replacing
> sendmail with it to remove another component from the src/gnu/
> hierarchy?
everyone seems to think about s/sendmail/qmail/g
but there is another quite obvious possibility:
simply adding it besides sendmail...
that would of course be almost totally the same
as having it in the ports.
but interesting times, interesting times definitely,
qmail becoming PD. 2 roadblocks are gone:
qmail's code quality is on par with openbsd's,
the license is now sweet, so only the third remains:
it's "weirdness". people who like the unix "way of life"
will note that DNB likes to ignore hier(7) and some
other peculiarities.
but now that the source is PD,
those are not a real problems anymore...
if i had to guess, i'd say it won't get in
("use it from the ports")
and somehow i just can't imagine a /. article called
"qmail now openbsd's default mta" :]
-f
ps.
a) i am a postfix person
b) i am not a fan of openbsd's "built-in" programs.
i think sendmail should be in ports too,
just as IE should not be part of windows.
-f
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