On 2009-02-27 Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 03:42:39PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: [...] >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/05/msg00381.html with the best >> choice appearantly being <87ve1faria....@frosties.localdomain> which >> proposes that exim4 should provide default-mta, packages needing an >> MTA should depend on default-mta | mail-transfer-agent and the >> other MTAs should provide mail-transfer-agent. Then, if we want to >> change the default, we just need to touch two packages.
> I agree that this is the best solution. >> As per policy I'd like to gather consensus on this before mass filing bugs. > Given that m-t-a is mentioned explicitly in policy, and that > "default-mta" will be a virtual package, I think this should be > recorded in policy as well - though if a clear consensus emerges on > debian-devel, there's no need to go through the policy process > before filing bugs. > Also, I haven't seen the exim4 maintainers comment on this proposal > until now. Obviously we would want to get that package to Provide: > default-mta before filing bugs on other packages. Hello, [exim4 hat on] Neither me nor Marc could come up with obvious problems in the proposal. I doubt this is an importartant data point, though. I do not think I am exceptionally qualified to find any problems (if they exist). ;-) We could have a exim4 upload implementing in sid this rather quickly after receiving a go. cu andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
