> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:38:59 +0100 > From: Igor ??ivkovi?? <cont...@igor-zivkovic.from.hr> > To: BLFS Development List <blfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org> > Subject: Re: [blfs-dev] discussion about sendmail > > On 2014-02-26 15:24, lf...@cruziero.com wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:47:05 +0100 > >> From: Igor ??ivkovi?? <cont...@igor-zivkovic.from.hr> > >> To: BLFS Development List <blfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org> > >> Subject: Re: [blfs-dev] discussion about sendmail > >> > >> On 2014-02-26 13:45, Igor ??ivkovi?? wrote: > >> > On 2014-02-25 17:43, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > >> >> > >> >> That said, I don't have strong opinions about whether it is in the > >> >> book > >> >> or not. We may want to review it in a few days as we sort out other > >> >> areas. > >> > > >> > I don't want sendmail back in the book as I believe it's rated worse > >> > in performance and security not to mention ease of configuration. > > > > > > You _'believe'_: references, for both/each of the perf/sec counts? > > Both. >
And as asked clearly: the references are ... , what, where? > > > As for the build/config: ref readily-avail build-specs from other > > distros - > > e.g. Slackware. > > > > Removal of packages should be done in a considered manner: some of the > > recent stuff looks like folks _STAMPING_OUT_ things that they happen to > > not like, or have some 'bee in the head' about, or is beyond their ken, > > or they _just_can't_be_bothered_about_(TM), &usw. > > Sendmail was considered as not worth the effort. But patches are > welcome, as always. > Not even the fairly simple effort of seeing what other distros do - as is done for much in b/lfs? Any other packages - e.g. TeXLive, LibreOffice, ... - you'd classify similarly? Patches: effectively yes, look at the Slackware build. If you instead want direct patches to the blfs book xml, then you need to realise that folks will look at how previous work is treated, while deciding if they want theirs to run the risk of the same. rgds, akh > > -- > Igor ??ivkovi?? > http://www.slashtime.net/ > -- > -- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
