On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 08:06:21AM -0400, Guy Hulbert wrote: > This is one problem of not having a binary package format. Binaries of a patched qmail are still forbidden by the qmail license :-(.
> > Why move qmail to Perl? For the same exact reason that qpsmtpd is such a > > large improvement over qmail-send. Ease of maintenance and plugin > > support. > Python would be a better choice, IMO. It already has an 'smtpd', which > is used for mailman and is asynchronous. However, no work seems to > have been done on it since 2.2 and it would need a small refactoring to > be useful as a base on which to build a qpsmtpd competitor. The effort > required to do this is probably too large, given the smaller python > community. Thanks, but I'd sooner develop in Perl than Python. I do develop in both, but qpsmtpd already has a well established community and plugins. > > Here's the rough outline and implementation order > I don't think this is unreasonable but at the moment it seems difficult > to find enough resources to put out another release of qpsmtpd. I think it's outside the scope of the qpsmtpd focus. qpsmtpd is a qmail-smtpd replacement first and foremost, and it's still a stand-alone component outside any reimplementation of qmail. -- Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux Developer & Council Member E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85
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