>>That really seems like overkill. Also, none of those scripts are >>regularly tested, or even supported. I would much rather see those >>copied into /usr/local/share/nmh/contrib, with a post install note >>pointing out that directory. > >They might not be tested nmh-workers, but I expect we are all eating our >own dog food. After all, the contributions were made because they scratched >an itch. Possibly more of an issue is the contributions following out of >sync with updates. Perhaps a note should be included with each pointing >to any official project page/other source for the latest and greatest?
So, to provide some history ... "contrib" came in being because of replyfilter. It sort of sits apart from nmh; it's a hack, but a useful one that filled a need (that we haven't quite solved natively). It also required functionality that nmh had to add. It's a bit of an odd duck, really. Other programs came a bit later. The commonality here is that all of these things are simple one-file items that it's not worth setting up a distribution for. So where's the line between creating a pointer to an external package and including the package in nmh? I'm not sure. MIME-Tools is a bit on the edge; it's more than one file, but not very big. FWIW, I'd be glad to put an entry on the nmh homepage about it. --Ken _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
