> Scott Ballantyne writes:
> > I don't understand why you are badgering Dan to add code to his
> > programs, and not badgering Redhat.
>
> Because it's not clear which provides more security. The principle
> that Dan is applying (more complicated code is more error-prone code)
> is equally applicable to the Redhat comparison code. If a principle
> does not discern, then it is useless as an explanation of why one
> chooses something.
>
> In case this isn't obvious enough: If you ask a child why he prefers
> bananas to lemons, and he replied "because they're yellow", you're
> likely to ask him for another reason, because they're both yellow.
>
> Capiche?
>
Yes I do. Which is why I asked why you are badgering Dan and not
Redhat. I believe that Dan has essentially been asking *you* to
explain why more code is better in qmail than in something like
RPM. RPM and qmail are not 'both yellow', they are run in different
situations, at different times, for different reasons, off of
different media.
sdb
