FreeBSD port of SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (continued)

[Dan Mahoney, System Admin]

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004, Mathieu Arnold wrote:

Does this mean we're going to get/need a port in for the IP::Country::Fast 
module?  I can create it if you like.

(I haven't been able to find a useful documentation on creating a port 00 
is there one?)

A menu-based config (like the one for the mod_php) port would probably be 
useful as well, to enable things like SSL, and database support.

-Dan

> +-le 25/09/2004 02:20 -0700, Pat Lashley écrivait :
> | --On Saturday, September 25, 2004 08:59:03 +0200 Mathieu Arnold
> | <mat at mat.cc> wrote:
> |
> |> +-Le 24/09/2004 18:20 -0700, Pat Lashley a dit :
> |>| SA 3.0 should probably be a separate port rather than an update
> |>| to the existing SA port; due to the lack of backwards compatability
> |>| in the API.  For example, it would break the Exim port which by
> |>| default includes the ExiScan patches.  (The Exim port would still
> |>| build; but the SpamAssassin support would fail at run time.)
> |>
> |> I don't think we will keep the old spamassassin. The 2.64 version will be
> |> the only one working with 5.005_03, but well... It's not possible to have
> |> SA3 work with 5.005_03 (believe me, I tried).
> |> So, a few days before committing the SA3 update, I'll send a mail with the
> |> patch I plan to commit to maintainers of ports depending on SA264 for them
> |> to update/patch/whatever.
> |
> | That seems like an awfully short transition period.  Why not
> | a separate 3.0 port for a while; with the old one being deprecated?
> | Then remove the 2.64 port once the dependant ports have been updated
> | and in the field long enough for some serious testing?
>
> I don't want to have a SA3 port, I'm more in favor of a SA264 port designed
> for perl 5.005_03 as the databases/p5-DBI-137 port. This is still under
> discussion.
>
> --
> Mathieu Arnold
>

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