[csw-maintainers] Updated postfix packages (2.7.1) in experimental/, testing appreciated

[Sebastian Kayser]

* Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> wrote:
> On 8/17/10, Sebastian Kayser <skayser at opencsw.org> wrote:
> >
> > In addition to this package I would like to provide a postfix_simple
> > package which is a feature-stripped version without a big dependency
> > chain. Similar to what Ihsan provides on his own [1].
> >
> > Are there any objections to or thoughts on this? The GAR recipe [2]
> > already supports building this alternative package by setting
> > 'BUILDTYPE=simple' on the commandline, so it's just a matter of running
> > the build twice.
> >
> 
> I think it's a great idea. Just please allow the two packages to
> co-exist, rather than conflicting with each other.
> There's more than one way to handle the layout thereof; completely
> separate trees, or "alternatives" based binary overlays, or possibly
> something else entirely. (lazyloading the libs, and not
> force-depending on them?)
> Please pick whatever method you find least offensive :-)

Honestly, the postfix build recipe is already huge and if possible, I
would like to refrain from introducing any additional complexity. What
exactly are we trying to solve by not conflicting packages?  Allowing to
pkg-get -i all? If so, could this be rethought and tackled differently?

Sebastian