On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 03:25:44PM +0200, Olivier M. wrote:
> If you want to know more, check the mailing lists archive
> under http://www.sigmasoft.com/~openbsd/archive/openbsd-ports/200108/msg00462.html .
> (click on Thread)
>
> There are some comments in french under
>http://linuxfr.org/2001/08/30/4711,1,-1,0,1.php3
> and german under http://www.symlink.ch/article.pl?sid=01/08/29/0742224&mode=thread
> but it seems it's again a kind of personal fight between
> 2 people, and it has nothing to do with the quality of the software :/
Ok. It's basically this simple:
- the OpenBSD ports maintainers are free to remove or include any
piece of software they want (given license permits, which it *does* in
this case)
- djb wants you to install his software according to his instructions,
for good reasons (http://cr.yp.to/compatibility.html)
- the OpenBSD ports maintainers do not want to conform to these
instructions, so they removed the port
Basically, they are too stubborn to create a port that installs
according to djb's instructions, with a big fat warning or *whatever*.
I think it's stupid, but that's just my two eurocents.
Let's not get into a flamewar here. These people are completely in
their right to remove qmail from the ports. If you want to flame
*them*, go right ahead, but a flamewar here is useless. There is
nothing wrong with djb's licensing.
Greetz, Peter
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