Re: Bug#457318: ITP: qmail -- a secure, reliable, efficient, simple message transfer agent

[Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org>]

On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 11:20:45AM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> > > > > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > > > > > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2007, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Joerg Jaspert wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There are *way* better MTAs [than qmail] out
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > there that dont need tons of patches applied
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > just to fulfill basic requirements for a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > MTA.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, there are not.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, there are.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > No, there are not.
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > Yes, there are.
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > No, there are not.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Yes, there are.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > No, there are not.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Yes, there are.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > No, there are not.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Yes, there are.
> > > > > 
> > > > No, there are not.
> > > 
> > > Yes, there are.
> >
> > No, there are not.
> 
> Yes, there are.
> 
> Next? ;-)

I'd agree that there are way better ones out there. But I'd also say
that it doesn't really matter which is best, and that this type of
behaviour is quite childish. As long as qmail is free, packaged
properly, and integrates well with the rest of Debian, I don't see why
anyone should oppose its packaging.

Whether or not it's a good MTA, the fact is that it's a *popular* MTA.
That alone should be a good reason to package it.

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