On 08/23/2010 08:15 PM, Jon Masters wrote:
On Sun, 2010-08-22 at 20:10 +0200, drago01 wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Rex Dieter <rdieter(a)math.unl.edu> wrote:
>> pbrobinson(a)gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I know its been discussed in the past but there's been reasons not to
>>> drop a default MTA but now that cronie (the last actual dependency)
>>> has support for logging to system logs is there any reason to include
>>> an MTA by default for F-14?
>>
>> A bit late to consider for F-14 imo (I'd argue something like should in
>> place and testable by or near feature freeze), F-15 is doable.
>
> Test what? That no MTA is present?
>
> I'd say we should stop arguing forever and just do it.
What's the benefit of having no default MTA at all? Is it that Desktop
users don't care about MTAs being installed? what about those of us who
care more about server installations than Desktop?
Even the web page proposing its deletion acknowledges that "The
presence of a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) like sendmail has long been
the de facto standard." Indeed it has: the ability to send mail from
a program has been an entitlement for as long as UNIX has been around.
In comparison with this, the benefit is very feeble: "One less
required package in the critical path, and we clear the way for
removing the MTA from the default install."
Andrew.