Re: [Exim] [PATCH] ssmtp (old-style SSL) support for exim 3.…

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Autor: Philip Hazel
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Dla: Matthew Grant, Tamas TEVESZ
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Temat: Re: [Exim] [PATCH] ssmtp (old-style SSL) support for exim 3.3x via inetd for old style SSL MTAs ...
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Tamas TEVESZ wrote:

> On 2 Apr 2002, Matthew Grant wrote:
>
> > Could you please tell me why you won't put it in the next point release
> > of 3.3x, if that ever happens.
>
> one possible answer could be that this patch is a functionality patch,
> and there's no functionality added to the exim3 series anymore (ie.
> there's no next point release. if and when there is, that is just a
> bugfix release).


Exactly. And one of the reasons for this is that there is only one of me
and there are only so many hours in the day. If I add functionality to
Exim 3, I have to build tests and update the documentation, all of which
takes time, and duplicates what I have to do for Exim 4.

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