Re: amavis stable release 2.14.0
Noel Butler <[email protected]> Sun, 13 Jul 2025 08:21:57 +1000
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--=_c22085a7212849fb66b149b5e5f3b813 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On 12/07/2025 16:03, Nick Edwards wrote: > You have nuked the simple plain install file, there is no instructions > on how to install it, oh theres some crud that looks like it was > written by a > 12yo in readme that says run dzil - WTF is that? there is NO mention > of Firstly, it does not look like it was written by a 12 year old, certainly written by code monkeys who forget the average system admin, is not one of them. > I want to know where it is putting things, are binaries going to same > place as always have /usr/local/sbin..there are now a bunch of perl lib I agree the documentation is extremely poor. btw they are not binaries, they are perl scripts :) > come on if you are going to sieze control of software thats well used, > well known and understood, and then basically make it your own, how > about some good DOCUMENTATION and keep it simple - not this > clusterfuck thats in that tar.gz file. (seems you did this from 2.13 > perhaps that why we never upgraded to it) whoah there, pull the reigns and slow up... They didn't seize anything, Mark has spent a lot of years developing amavisd, his latest version if it makes you happy still runs perfectly fine, but Mark decided to step down, he wasnt pushed, he'd done enough, basically, you could say he retired. > perusing other files it looks more like its written for debian, hey, no Don't use debian, we're Slackware, I'm not sure where you'd get this idea from, perhaps the docker files that populate the package's root, granted, they should be in contrib. -- Regards, Noel Butler --=_c22085a7212849fb66b149b5e5f3b813 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset= =3DUTF-8" /></head><body style=3D'font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana,Gen= eva,sans-serif'> <p id=3D"reply-intro">On 12/07/2025 16:03, Nick Edwards wrote:</p> <blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2= px solid; margin: 0"> <div id=3D"replybody1"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>You have nuked the simple plain install file, there is no instructions= on how to install it, oh theres some crud that looks like it was wri= tten by a</div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2= px solid; margin: 0"> <div id=3D"replybody1"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div>12yo in readme that says run dzil - WTF is that? there is NO men= tion of</div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> <div id=3D"replybody1"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div> </div> <div>Firstly, it does not look like it was written by a 12 year old, certai= nly written by code monkeys who forget the average system admin, is not one= of them.</div> <div> </div> </div> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2= px solid; margin: 0"> <div id=3D"replybody1"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div> </div> <div>I want to know where it is putting things, are binaries going to same = place as always have /usr/local/sbin..there are now a bunch of perl lib</di= v> <div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> <div id=3D"replybody1"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div> </div> <div>I agree the documentation is extremely poor. btw they are not binaries= , they are perl scripts :)</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> </div> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2= px solid; margin: 0"> <div id=3D"replybody1"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div> </div> <div> come on if you are going to sieze control of software thats well= used, well known and understood, and then basically make it your own, how = about some good DOCUMENTATION and keep it simple - not this clusterfu= ck thats in that tar.gz file. (seems you did this from 2.13 perhaps t= hat why we never upgraded to it)</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> <div id=3D"replybody1"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div> </div> <div>whoah there, pull the reigns and slow up... They didn't seize an= ything, Mark has spent a lot of years developing amavisd, his latest versio= n if it makes you happy still runs perfectly fine, but Mark decided to step= down, he wasnt pushed, he'd done enough, basically, you could say he retir= ed.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> </div> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2= px solid; margin: 0"> <div id=3D"replybody1"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div>perusing other files it looks more like its written for debian, hey, n= o </div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> <p>Don't use debian, we're Slackware, I'm not sure where you'd get this ide= a from, perhaps the docker files that populate the package's root, granted,= they should be in contrib.</p> <p><br /></p> <div id=3D"signature">-- <br /> <p>Regards,<br />Noel Butler</p> <p><br /></p> </div> </body></html> --=_c22085a7212849fb66b149b5e5f3b813--