Russell Nelson wrote:
> through symlinks, so what's the big deal? Binaries can actually be
> stored in /usr/bin, control files can actually be stored in
> /etc/qmail, the queue can actually be in /var/spool.
And in fact with the current qmail-src package thats exactly how it works.
Mostly. The maintainer annoyingly left out /var/qmail/bin, but that can be
(and should be) fixed.
> If you want to see a *real* horror, look at how qmail gets started up.
aye
> fact, I'd even say that their method is wrong. Nobody goes to Debian
> people and asks them for MTA support (at least I'd hope not, not
> unless Debian plans on reinventing *every* wheel).
Oh but they do. Lurk in #debian on openprojects.net sometime. But thats
ok, I mean thats partly why #debian is there.
Now what I'd really like to see is Debian move towards is the /usr/ports
mechanism which accomodates qmail distribution not unlike the qmail-src
packages only without the feeling of being a total hack.
As long as we're talking about distribution policy, does Dan have a page
somewhere that says that all his software is offered under the same
license? I mean not only does qmail get distributed as source-only in the
Debian project, but also ezmlm and the ucspi-tcp bundle. This has always
confused me as ucspi-tcp atleast doesn't have unreasonable installation
guidelines by default, why is it being distributed as source only?
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