Bug#261093: ITP: libspf -- official ANSI C sender policy framework (SPF) library
On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 09:50:33AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> > also sprach Eric Dorland <eric@debian.org> [2004.07.23.2003 +0200]:
> > > Hmmm, I've already packaged libspf2 which is of course confusingly
> > > similar. I'm not really in strong contact with upstream, but is
> > > there a reason for these two separate libs?
> >
> > Well, apparently libspf is the established standard, and i would not
> > mind helping it stay so by putting it into the archive. libspf2 was
> > created purposely to go against libspf. apparently.
> >
> > http://moscow.6o4.ca/shevek.html
>
> I have to say, that page entirely convinces me that its author is a
> kook, and that I should stay well away from any code written by the
> person railing against Shevek.
And also, from anything written by Shevek. It is quite obvious why he names
his stuff "Official * library". The very idea of "Official" here is the
problem... one that got me thinking as soon as I heard about libspf
yesterday. Had he named it "reference" library, I wouldn't have thought
twice about the issue.
We need a third contender, these two look like they have the wrong profile
to take care of anything that gets close to a mission-critical MTA.
I would, however, strongly suggest that we drop the "official" crap from
libspf's descriptions. Let it contend against all other libs (and I sure
hope we get a third one that is actually worth considering) in equal
footing.
--
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Henrique Holschuh
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