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

Thu Jan 19 14:40:41 CET 2012

On 10 November 2011 11:09, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
+>> 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.
+
+Indeed and it's bloating the install with uneeded stuff.
+This require should be reverted.
+
+> 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.
+
+That should be the way
+