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On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 04:21:43PM -0500, Grant Goodyear wrote: |
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: > However, I do differ in opinion from Grant. I would prefer that |
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: > anything that is /usr/bin/mail works as expected, and that in the |
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: > Greater UNIX Picture sorta means using /usr/{lib,sbin}/sendmail. I |
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: > think it's a bad thing to create some changes that go against user |
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: > expectations. |
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: Since nail does not need an mta, I don't think we should require |
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: it, thereby leaving that decision up to the user. |
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: It may be that we don't want to install a /usr/bin/mail clone |
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: by default, if that would also require us to install either |
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: sendmail or postfix at the same time. Perhaps we need a |
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: "standardUnixMailer.ebuild" that just has mailx and sendmail |
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: as depends, and does nothing else? |
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However, we do install ssmtp by default. This is a lightweight (it only |
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relays to a hub) /usr/{lib,sbin}/sendmail clone. |
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It's so small I bet you didn't even notice it on your system. 8) |
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But like I said, for a default install (remember, you too can create |
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your own profiles) I think it's wise to not alienate people trying out |
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Gentoo by not having "standard" tools. Now, I'm not saying out |
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/usr/bin/mail and /usr/sbin/sendmail need to be mailx and sendmail |
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proper (in fact I think nail and ssmtp make excellent replacements). |
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But I do think that something should be there to meet today's baseline |
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expectations. |
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--Jerry |
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name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a |
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phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death... |
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email: jerry@×××××××.org || ...It's much more important |
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|| than that! |
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