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From: Josh Saddler <nightmorph@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] death to mailer-config/mailwrapper
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:06:25
Message-Id: 472C0F34.7020705@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] death to mailer-config/mailwrapper by "Robin H. Johnson"
1 Robin H. Johnson wrote:
2 > A bit over two years ago, some developers set out to get debian's
3 > concept of mailerwrapper ('alternatives' for mail). Ever since then,
4 > there have been a number of package.masks for various MTAs, and
5 > the need to carry them forward.
6 >
7 > mailer-config/mailwrapper have not been touched for 2/1 years
8 > respectively. If it's going to remain masked, can we just get rid of it
9 > entirely?
10 >
11 > It was a good idea, but it just never took off, I think mainly because
12 > it required too many changes to MTAs, and also did not provide for one
13 > of the original goals - running two disparate MTAs on the same box.
14 >
15
16 Aye, death to them!
17
18 Well, I don't use 'em anyway.

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