On 2008-03-10 at 11:07 -0600, Jeremy Stephens wrote: > OK, I need some input. My co-workers and I were discussing this > today. > > Which of these has the most evil and hateful configuration? Apache, > Xorg, or exim? I think my vote has to be exim.
Xorg, but since most stuff doesn't need Modelines any more the hate is waning. Apache, without mod_macro, would be higher on my hate-list. I've not actually seen what's hateful about Exim's config, although if you've only ever seen the Debian-ised bastard mutant offspawn of M4 macros then that's different. Debian are trying to ensure that installing package foo automatically has Exim take care of foo's mail-requirements after just a package reconfigure. The aims are noble, just don't try and look at how it's done. Is your experience with Exim debianised or not? If not, then personally I think you're on crack. Exim not only has a relatively sane configuration, it's one designed for humans to read and the manual is called The Exim Specification for a reason -- if behaviour doesn't match the manual, it's a bug. No arguments, no quibbling, one or the other gets fixed. It's the most complete and comprehensive and most damned useful documentation of any software product I've used, beating even BSD Unix man-pages (since there's more structure and more useful internal cross-referencing, together with more explanation as to 'why'). -Phil
