On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Hugh Sasse Staff Elec Eng wrote:
>
> > time exim starts up). Maybe an "exim_lint" could point
[...]
> > The challenge in writing it will be to cope with all the
> > change data, since one could be upgrading from a very
> > old Exim, and maybe upgrading to a not-quite-latest version.
>
> My judgement is that I do not have enough time to maintain such a beast.
Agreed.
> I don't like making changes, and I've tried to keep things compatible,
Also agreed, I have noticed the care you have taken in these
matters.
> but one or two are inevitable (apart from big upheavals like 2.x -> 3.x).
Yes.
> I do try to note everything relevant in the README.UPDATING file.
I just feel that a tool to help people spot things might
save them time, and you and other list members' time.
It is a fairly big project though, I'd rate it as being
post graduate level.
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> Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
Hugh
