Derrick 'dman' Hudson declaimed: > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 09:03:58AM -0900, Andy wrote: snip... > Personally I am opposed to qmail, mainly for reasons outlined here : > http://www-dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de/~ma/qmail-bugs.html > http://cr.yp.to/qmail/dist.html > however if you want to use it that is your choice^Wproblem <0.5 wink>. > The second link gives the reason there is no debian package for qmail > (only a source package). > > -D Heh. Entertaining reading. I'm not competent to comment on the author's tests or comments. They appear rational, although well-seasoned with resentment. It's always sad to hear about developers that dodge sincere critiques. It's one thing to say "Yes, those bugs sure are ugly but we just don't feel the effort of fixing them is worth it right now." and another to say "What bugs? I don't see any bugs" while scratching uncontrollably.
Having worked QA for a commercial software developer, I have a lot of sympathy for the former stance: You can't fix everything you'd like to and you're not in a position to be truly objective. And it's irritating to have people confront you with problems that you've decided (perhaps painfully) not to fix. On the other hand, the latter stance is untenable. For my home system I have to admit that I stick to Exim because a) it's been problem free, and b) path of least resistance. And oh yes, let me mention that quite a few of my scripts, settings, and other fixes have been provided by or suggested by Dman since I migrated to Debian and joined this list. Thanks! Paul -- Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
