On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, David Cantrell wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 09:31:02AM -0400, Chris Devers wrote:
>
> > I think Paul's points are valid though. Why make an aptitute test out
> > of this? What's so great about software obscurity or pedantry?
>
> There's nothing good about obscurity, and little good about pedantry.
> Luckily, majordomo's interface is not obscure.

...but you concede that it's pedantic? ;)

> > Polemics aside, I see no benefit for it anymore.
>
> There's several excellent reasons to run majordomo.  The biggest
> reason for me is that I needed to have perl on the machine anyway
> and had no other reason for installing python.  That, and majordomo
> was easier to set up.

So, it was easier for you to install, but -- you seem to admit -- more
pedantic for users to interact with, but you don't care so that's fine.
Uhh, right. Can you maybe give some more compelling reasons than that?
I still don't see the light here -- I still don't see why Majordomo is
the right solution for Alex's needs.

I still stick with the chorus: go with Mailman. It's Just Better.


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