[Mageia-dev] [RFC] prefer dma rather than postfix in prefer.vendor.list for msec mga1 -> mga2 upgrade

Thu Nov 10 11:09:15 CET 2011

'Twas brillig, and Florian Hubold at 09/11/11 18:38 did gyre and gimble:
+> Hi there,
+> 
+> as Anssi made me aware msec currently has a Requires on
+> sendmail-command for cauldron, this was the outcome of the
+> last discussion about msec / MTA.
+> However, currently in /etc/urpmi/prefer.vendor.list postfix
+> is preferred as sendmail-command and mail-server.
+
+
+Personally I vote to change the sendmail-command and mail-server to dma
+as stated.
+
+But I also vote to not require sendmail-command for msec.
+
+It's an optional dependency of msec - some people want mail by default
+and some don't. My vote is don't. I generally install MTAs anyway for
+other reasons, so that's fine.
+
+I totally agree that if a user isn't aware that they should install an
+MTA then they are also not aware enough to actually check root account
+or add an alias.
+
+Miscs suggestion of "enter an email address for who should get roots
+mail" and then install an mta to deliver it is IMO a good compromise for
+everyone.
+
+But I'm certainly don't have a massively strong opinion here, so take it
+or leave it :D
+
+Col
+
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