On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:53:03AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:33:04PM +0200, Sune Vuorela wrote: > > > 2) Introduce a default-mta package (currently) depending on exim4. > > > All packages requiring a MTA should depend on default-mta | > > > mail-transport-agent. This will have the extra advantage that we > > > (and others like CDDs and derived distros) easily could swap > > > default MTA. > > I believe that 2) is the correct option, and can see no reason that it > > shouldn't be implemented straight away. > If 'default-mta' is renamed to 'sensible-mta' to follow the existing > convention (evidenced by 'sensible-editor', etc.), I agree. That's not at all consistent with how sensible-foo is used in Debian today. sensible-editor and sensible-browser are /commands/ that are guaranteed to be available for other packages to use and which respect the user- and site-preferences; default-mta is not at all like this. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
