[2010-11-01 20:57] "Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)" <[email protected]> > The "JLR" question prompted me to take a quick scan through the code > base. A lot of the conditional compilation is leftover from the pre- > or early-POSIX days (e.g. string and network related functions that > are now standardized), SMTP client hacks that are no longer > applicable, and support for obsolete features (e.g. KPOP). > > At the least I think it's worthwhile to make a pass through the > source, eliminating the HAVE_* conditionals that are no longer > necessary in the age of ANSI/POSIX. It's also long overdue to clean > up the SMTP client code to bring it into line with the current port > 587 submission regime. Between the two I think we can get most of the > way towards no longer depending on autoconf, which would be a big win > for those of us building the code on lighter-weight hardware and OSes.
While reading much nmh code these days, I also feel that parts of the code are ancient. I'd like to support any effort in renewing it. Autoconf is something I dislike. > I have the tuits to do this, as it relates to a work project for which > I'll have to do it anyway. Game? (Could you explain ``having the tuits'', please.) meillo _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
