D G Teed wrote: > patk.1...@sent.as wrote: > > I notice that Debian has settled on Exim as the default MTA, unlike many > > (most?) other distros which seem to use Postfix. > > ... > but Debian is all about choices, so you pick what you want. > > In Debian you are driving a car - you can get to many > destinations easily. In other distros you are riding a train > (quickly goes only to destinations they lay track to access) > + walking (can't easily get package from limited repository, > compile from source). It can take a little getting used to > the difference of finding your own way versus going along > with what the distro provided.
Exactly! I was going to post a reply saying much the same thing when I saw this posting. I think it is important enough to emphasize the point here. Debian's core is really about the framework and not the packages in the framework. The framework itself is the magical secret sauce that makes the Debian system special. The Debian framework enables you to manage your system and make it do what you want it to do. This is the number one point where I believe Debian really excels over other distros. Because of this there is less importance associated to any individual package. That is why your question asking why Debian attached such great importance to Exim over Postfix didn't really make sense. Because Debian didn't attach very much importance to it. In Debian it is so very easy to select Postfix instead that there isn't any importance attached to having Exim as a default. Because it really does not matter. Because of this Exim would have to significantly misbehave in order to warrant any changes and that is unlikely to happen. Bob
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