On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 17:56:27 +0200 Andreas Metzler <eximusers@???> wrote:
> It is not about being afraid or not - installing the package relieves
> me of _lots_ of work:
> - Debian provides security updates
> - Debian provides nice upgrades (think of switching from db2 to db3)
> - The package is customized for debian: The locking method and
> correct path for incoming spool on debian systems is used.
> - Debian provides bug tracking.
> - Debian provides compiled binaries.
> - The Debian package is already tested.
with all due respect, if the maintainer of the debian package is MIA, most
of these advantages are history (or soon will be.)
> If I did not want this benefits I'd use http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
i don't think anyone is telling you to build your whole system from
scratch. the problem with waiting for exim 4 from debian is that it may
take a while, and in the meantime you're missing out on all the nice
features that exim 4 has and exim 3 lacks.
besides which, compiling and installing exim has never been particularly
difficult. the most trouble i've had has been with minor quirks of various
linux distributions, usually easily handled with a modest amount of
research, usually involving header files or newer Berkeley DB versions.
richard
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