Re: [ITR] templates://mimedefang/{templates}
Christian Perrier wrote:
> The first step of the process is to review the debconf source
> template file(s) of mimedefang. This review will start on Friday, December 21, 2007, or
> as soon as you acknowledge this mail with an agreement for us to
> carry out this process.
I'll be away from keyboard for the next week, so I'll share my rough
notes in advance.
* If the template mimedefang/embedperl is talking about the package
eperl, I don't understand why mimedefang doesn't simply say
"Recommends: eperl" then use it automatically if available.
* Likewise, in the control file, if it _requires_ Sendmail 8.12+,
why is the dependency only a "Recommends: sendmail"?
(Except that v8.12 is pre-oldstable, so irrelevant.)
Meanwhile (but within the jurisdiction of d-l-e!), there's quite a
bit of trimmable fat in the text; for instance, if it's a message
sent via SMTP, you don't really need to repeat the fact that it's
e-mail.
-Description: Electronic mail filter program for sendmail 8.12+
- MIMEDefang is an e-mail filter program which works with Sendmail 8.12
- and later. MIMEDefang filters all e-mail messages sent via SMTP.
- MIMEDefang splits multi-part MIME messages into their components and
- potentially deletes or modifies the various parts. It then
- reassembles the parts back into an e-mail message and sends it on its
- way.
+Description: electronic mail filter program for sendmail
+ MIMEDefang is an e-mail filter program which processes all messages sent
+ via Sendmail. It splits multi-part MIME messages into their components
+ and can delete or modify those parts before reassembling the message and
+ sending it on its way.
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
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