How about:
It's easier for the user.
It makes qmail more transparent to the user.
It makes qmail easier to reconfigure (didn't you say once that you
should always code for flexability?)
It lets qmail be installed in stripped-down environments. It allows
updates to be distributed for those environments where commercial-ware
doesn't allow for distribution of compilers and/or development tools.
And a good rpm would install qmail in a "secure" way (rcpthost and
some tcprules file in place), rather than beginners fiddling around
with the setup and configuration.
It seems this got way out of hand: some people actually insist that
rpm makes certain tasks too easy? Qmail also does that: it makes it
too easy to send mail over the internet.
Somebody, who really knows how email works puts together a software so
those who do not know enough can still use email. Somebody, who knows
about security, about configuring qmail, about how to install and set
up qmail, tcpserver and daemontools, puts together a qmail rpm (or
var-qmail). Now this is harmful!
Mate
