From: Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> BTW, anyone know when qmail will become part of the dist? I notice on
> qmail.org that it is now free..
No modifications allowed, and both permission and review is required to
distribute binary versions. That's far from free by Debian's definition.
Don't bother corresponding with Daniel about this, he wants to do things
his way and he doesn't care what we think.
I hear Witesse (author of tcpd) is writing an MTA. There's also EXIM,
which is not as clean as qmail but apparently is just as fast or faster.
When I get a chance, I'll try Exim on one of the list servers.
Thanks
Bruce Perens
Debian Project Leader
D. J. Bernstein
Available software
qmail
Information for distributors
You may distribute copies of qmail-1.00.tar.gz, with MD5 checksum
d3033be700fd6f59ac0548c832652dd3.
You may distribute copies of qmail-1.01.tar.gz, with MD5 checksum
1f606d6a5d1caaca6da6b6fa5db500bf.
Vendors: I'd be interested in hearing about any CDs that include the
package, but you don't have to check with me if you don't want to.
If you want to distribute modified versions of qmail (e.g., different
packaging formats, porting changes, precompiled binaries) you'll have
to get my approval. This does not mean approval of your distribution
method, your intentions, your e-mail address, your haircut, or any
other irrelevant information. It means a detailed review of the exact
package that you want to distribute.
Binary distributions
It is not difficult to create a binary qmail distribution that
installs itself in a few seconds. But convenience must be backed up by
rock-solid reliability. Here are some concerns raised by
self-installing distributions.
How are the users and groups assigned? Are /etc/passwd and /etc/group
edited safely? What happens if there are already users and groups
under different numbers?
How are the boot scripts edited? Is the sendmail invocation safely
replaced with the qmail invocation? What if there is no sendmail
invocation?
How is the currently running sendmail daemon killed? Is there any risk
to user processes? How is the sendmail queue flushed? How is the
sendmail binary disabled?
How is /etc/inetd.conf edited? What if there is already an smtp line?
How were the binaries compiled? Are they portable? All the .h files
listed in SYSDEPS are OS-specific; have they changed between different
versions of the target OS?
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