I think one of the first questions in determining the version to port is how
beta is the 8.12.beta 7
when will this be the latest release?
how much work will be involved with changes as it is released in the future?
what can be done to port the next release fast?
-----Original Message-----
From: VANCE,JEFF (HP-Cupertino,ex1) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 5:05 PM
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Subject: sendmail port
Hi all,
I am trying something new today. In fact, I am trying two new things:
1) I am charged with porting sendmail to MPE, and, eventually getting
sendmail supported by HP. This was one of the top 10 requested Interex
SIB items.
2) If it is ok with the list, I am planning on making my port of sendmail
completely public. I will ask many "stupid" questions to the list, apply
the answers, ask more and eventually get it ported and running. My
motivation
is to make a case study of this port so that others will be more willing to
try ports of their own.
Now, you might ask, why doesn't Mark Bixby just do this port, since he did
the first port and he can probably do it pretty quickly. Yes, he can, but he
is also doing other important projects, like the public access system (see
http://jazz.external.hp.com/pads/). Also, I have been involved with POSIX
on
MPE for many years, yet I have never done a single port, and I think I
should.
Plus, for this case study, Mark might gloss over something that stumps me,
and
I will get to ask the "embarrassing" questions. I know there is no such
thing
as a dumb question, and I will rely on the help from many on this list, so
thanks in advance!
As homework I have read Mark's Porting Guide at:
http://www.bixby.org/mark/porting.html
And, I have read his original sendmail page at:
http://www.bixby.org/mark/sendmailix.html
And, I have read some of the notes at the host sendmail site at:
http://www.sendmail.org/
I see that sendmail 8.12 Beta 7 is the latest and greatest version at
sendmail.org.
Sendmail 8.11.3 is the "current"/"main" version there. Both of these
versions are
newer than Mark's version 8.9.1, and contain some security and performance
enhancements.
Now, my first question: which version of sendmail should be ported with the
expectation that it will also be supported by HP. I know it is important to
be on a current version and at the same time, CSY won't want to support too
many versions of sendmail. So there may be a trade-off of current vs.
supported by HP.
Thanks,
Jeff Vance, CSY
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