Bug#392831: exim4-config: colons or semi colons as separators (debconf templates issue)

[Marc Haber]

On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 11:05:09AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> On 2006-10-14 Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de> wrote:
> > I am currently inclined to remove the possibility of using constructs
> > that complex via debconf, documenting that only plain lists, semicolon
> > separated, are allowed and that people wanting to do more complex
> > things via Exim macros.
> 
> > What do you think?
> 
> I would prefer if things continued to work. afaict this has worked
> since 2002 and I currently fail to see a compelling reason to remove
> it.

Consistency.

To spare people from doubling the colons in IP address lists, exim now
allows selection of other separator characters. The semicolon as
separator for IP address lists was introduced a few months ago. I
think it is a good idea to be consistent here and to have all lists
semicolon separated now.

The change would screw advanced uses who would know to look in
NEWS.Debian and find the explanation.

I'd prefer screwing advanced users over confusing newbies. The former
can cope, the latter will produce hard-to-debug issues.

Greetings
Marc

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