[Mageia-dev] [RFC] prefer dma rather than postfix in prefer.vendor.list for msec mga1 -> mga2 upgrade

[Thierry Vignaud]

On 10 November 2011 11:09, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
>> as Anssi made me aware msec currently has a Requires on
>> sendmail-command for cauldron, this was the outcome of the
>> last discussion about msec / MTA.
>> However, currently in /etc/urpmi/prefer.vendor.list postfix
>> is preferred as sendmail-command and mail-server.
>
>
> Personally I vote to change the sendmail-command and mail-server to dma
> as stated.
>
> But I also vote to not require sendmail-command for msec.
>
> It's an optional dependency of msec - some people want mail by default
> and some don't. My vote is don't. I generally install MTAs anyway for
> other reasons, so that's fine.

Indeed and it's bloating the install with uneeded stuff.
This require should be reverted.

> Miscs suggestion of "enter an email address for who should get roots
> mail" and then install an mta to deliver it is IMO a good compromise for
> everyone.

That should be the way