Felix von Leitner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 15 January 2001 at 22:17:41 +0100
> Thus spake David Dyer-Bennet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > > Why? Because a patch implies that something is wrong, and needs to be
> > > fixed. However, when someone produces a "patch" for smtp-auth, that
> > > implies that qmail-smtpd has a problem that the patch fixes. I'd
> > > rather see people steal the necessary parts of Makefile, and Dan's
> > > library code, and create a stand-alone "qmail-smtpd-auth" program.
> > A "patch" is also a recognized way to make an upgrade.
>
> The word "upgrade" also implies that there is something wrong or
> inferior with the original qmail.
At some level we can't get around it; after all, the fact that we want
to make some change to qmail suggests that the original code doesn't
perfectly meet our needs.
"Upgrade" suggests adding features, rather more than "patch" does;
patches are often released to fix bugs.
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