FreeBSD port of SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (continued)

[Justin Mason]

On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 01:21:19PM -0400, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote:
> 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.
> 

guys -- bear in mind that IP:C:F is an optional
module, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

--j.

> 
> >+-le 25/09/2004 02:20 -0700, Pat Lashley ?crivait :
> >| --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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