On Wednesday, February 28 at 09:53 AM, quoth Charles Cazabon:
Fabio Busatto <fabio.busatto@sikurezza.org> wrote:
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 07:23:18AM -0700, mlist wrote:
Sounds like a great idea to me. It would help if the patches were
categorized . . . I guess kind of like how squirrelmail has their
plugins section organized? http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugins.php
Yes, this is reasonable.
The idea is to create a system like the kernel, using a .config file
and a pool of #ifdef preprocessor directives.
Note that scattering tons of preprocessor conditionals through djb's code is
going to make it *less* readable and significantly increase the chances of
introducing bugs, possibly including security holes.
Fair warning.
I agree. I don't want preprocessor conditionals in there either. Part
of what I value about qmail is the ability to read the source if I
need to figure out how on earth something strange happened (i.e.
debugging patches). I strongly favor a patch-o-matic style operation
where patches can be selectively applied.
~Kyle
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