On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 11:57:17AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > On 2006-10-14 Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 11:05:09AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > >> On 2006-10-14 Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I am currently inclined to remove the possibility of using constructs > >>> that complex via debconf, documenting that only plain lists, semicolon > >>> separated, are allowed and that people wanting to do more complex > >>> things via Exim macros. > [...] > >> I would prefer if things continued to work. afaict this has worked > >> since 2002 and I currently fail to see a compelling reason to remove > >> it. > > > Consistency. > > > To spare people from doubling the colons in IP address lists, exim now > > allows selection of other separator characters. The semicolon as > > separator for IP address lists was introduced a few months ago. I > > think it is a good idea to be consistent here and to have all lists > > semicolon separated now. > > I just disagree that this is important enough to break working setups. > In hindsight ";" was a bad choice as new default. :-(
What would you have chosen? > > The change would screw advanced uses who would know to look in > > NEWS.Debian and find the explanation. > > > I'd prefer screwing advanced users over confusing newbies. The former > > can cope, the latter will produce hard-to-debug issues. > > I used to be able to simply extend the Debian setup, now I would > suddenly have to actively work around it by using some dummy value in > update-exim4.conf.conf and setting a MAIN_LOCAL_DOMAINS manually. I suspect that you're the only one around who knows exim4-config good enough to come up with an idea as mad as this. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
