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>>> It depends upon the degree to which one specifies 'sendmail |
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>>> compatibility'. Does it mean "shares some of the same commandline |
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>>> options" or "shares exactly the same configuration file format and |
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>>> all bugs and produces identical output"? |
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>> I think Mike mentioned compatiblebinaries. Not sure if he implied |
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>> identical output, but compatible command line would be nice. I don't |
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>> think it's a huge obstacle for paludis, though. |
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> If it's just an issue of command line, then it's not an issue at all. |
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> Even configuration support isn't a major problem (Paludis trunk has |
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> highly experimental and highly buggy partial Portage config reading |
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> support). The question is whether scripts that, say, parse emerge -pv |
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> output have to carry on working. |
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I think this requirement would put portage itself in quite uncomfortable |
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situation. |
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Love, |
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