On 16/11/2013 19:42, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-11-16 12:32 PM, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: >> sendmail sends mail. > > And apparently so does portage... > > So, anyone care to venture a guess as to why the gentoo devs decided to > implement their own smtp server just so portage could send emails all by > itself, rather than requiring the installation of an MTA? >
portage DOES NOT implement an MTA. From Neil's earlier mail: "Python has standard libraries that make this simple, and only uses sendmail when you explicitly instruct it to do so" That's about as simple as anything can get: one import, set up a few config variables, one function call and your mail gets sent. It's far easier than adding sendmail as a dep. Or look at it this way: You need python to run portage, therefore you already have basic mail sending capabilities already built-in. So use 'em -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
