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Eugene Grosbein
eugen at grosbein.net
Thu Dec 21 09:04:48 UTC 2017
On 21.12.2017 07:35, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>>> What happened with old good "Tools, not policy" thing?
>>
>> It's simpler than that, no policy involved.
>>
>> The tool had a hollow head, and broke after several years of banging it,
>> and the former tool maker told the public it's out of warranty (never
>> was in due to it being free) and not being fixed any more, and should be
>> scrapped.
>
> It still works (painfully) and is used by many. They would be wise to
> stop, but it is not the job of the project to force them to do so,
>
> I do think that a pkg-message with "Here there be dragons! Proceed at your
> own risk. dropmail is a MUCH safer (and easier) path." would be
> appropriate.
+1
> I don't think it is the job of the project to force people to
> replace it if they think they know what they are doing. Of course, bitrot
> or similar may take it before long.
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