[Pkg-exim4-users] Exim != Exim4

[Steven Wayne]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 12:39:11PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:39:11 +0100
> From: Marc Haber <mh+pkg-exim4-users at zugschlus.de>
> To: pkg-exim4-users at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Subject: Re: [Pkg-exim4-users] Exim != Exim4
> 
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 10:19:37AM +0000, Steven Wayne wrote:
> > I've just had a call for help on another mailing list because:
> > 
> > > I wanted exim so did "apt-get install exim" - unaware that it was the
> > > older version at the time.
> > 
> > Are you ever going to get rid of Exim3, or at least rename them so the
> > above doesn't happen?
> 
> exim 3 is a completely independent package. We don't have any saying
> about what happens. I surely hope that exim 3 will be removed in
> Debian etch, due for release in late 2006.

Is there something unusual about the Debian Exim{3,4} packages? Surely not
every package has a seperate team to look after different versions.


> Actually, exim 3 packages in Debian sarge and later versions say on
> installation:
> 
> --------------------------------------
> exim 3.x and 4.x
> ================
> This is a package of exim 3.x. This is no longer supported upstream,
> and only remains in debian to support users with existing exim 3
> installations. We strongly reccommend exim 4.x (which is in the exim4
> package) for new installations. We suggest users with existing exim 3
> installations consider upgrading, particularly if they have fairly
> simple configurations.
> --------------------------------------
> 
> So, it is just a matter of reading.
> 

That's odd, he said he has a Debian Sarge setup. He must have installed
Exim 3 over Exim 4. I wonder why.

Steven.

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