Re: distributing source

Adam McKenna <[email protected]> Mon, 6 Jan 2003 11:08:42 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.mail.qmail.dist
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On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 12:53:06PM -0500, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Frank Louwers writes:
>  > Then why isn't that trick done by the debian distribution?
> 
> Because Debian isn't a distribution of software.  It's an expression
> of a certain brand of politics.

I don't agree with that..  Debian is different things to different people.

The answer of "why isn't that trick done by the debian distribution" is
simple..  Debian distributes a qmail-src package that makes necessary
modifications at build time.  The current package works and complies to Dan's
distribution terms, so I doubt that the maintainer is going to change it
anytime soon unless there's a compelling reason.

--Adam

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