Re: New qmail version request

[Dion_Vansevenant]

Please forgive my naivete as I am new to qmail and this list, but hearing a
statement such as yours, Peter, gives me pause to consider: If there may
not be future development, am I betting on a dead (or dying) horse?

What is wrong with some of the requests that have been asked for? Granted,
some of the functionality is available as a patch, but should not some of
those patches be incorporated into the main code base if doing so would
make qmail easier to setup, configure, and run without the new qmail
administrator having to download and install a series of patches that
affect the core functionality of qmail?

Being new, I may be off base with these questions, but I am just trying to
get a better understanding of what the future of qmail is. If DJB is no
longer interested, or able, to continue development of qmail, could he not
pass the reins to someone else? There seems to be a great pool of talent on
this list, I'm sure someone would be interested in continuing development.
(although I am not one who could, due to my pathetic programming skills)

Not trying to start a flame war or anything, just trying to get a better
understanding of the reasons.

Thanks for your time.

Dion Vansevenant
Internetwork Administrator
MRO.com



                                                                                       
                            
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On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 04:15:37PM +0100, Paco Gracia wrote:
> I'd like to see a configure option to support smtp with authentication in
> the official qmail release.

Please stop this thread. A new qmail version is not likely to happen,
and if it does, it'll probably contain very few patches that are
already available.

Greetz, Peter.