Re: "The Debian exim 4 packages suck badly" on exim-users@exim.org
Hello
On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 02:42:56PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 21:37 +0100, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 02:15:16PM -0600, Steve Greenland <steveg@moregruel.net> wrote:
> > (...)
> > > And yes, it does belong there. It could easily add the something like:
> > >
> > > The single monolithic file is the normal upstream configuration,
> > > while the other choice is a Debian innovation that works better with
> > > large installations or ISPs needing to support many virtual domains.
> > >
> > > For newbies, this is the first MTA installation they will have ever
> > > seen. Help 'em out, for Pete's sake.
> >
> > Do newbies understand the concept of "upstream" ?
>
> Yes. Or vaguely.
No they don't. Even some experienced unix persons don't do that. It is
a word related much to debian.
With experience from a couple of hundred bug submitters I can tell that
many do not know what upstream is. They may vaguely understand it but
I have explained it many times. So I actually think the current wording
is a lot better. And it IS THE DEFAULT!
Regards,
// Ola
> Depends on the level of newbieness.
>
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