Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 92341 invoked from network); 10 Jan 2006 17:45:22 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 10 Jan 2006 17:45:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 83908 invoked by uid 500); 10 Jan 2006 17:45:18 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 83856 invoked by uid 500); 10 Jan 2006 17:45:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: dev@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 83845 invoked by uid 99); 10 Jan 2006 17:45:17 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:45:17 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=10.0 tests=X_MAILER_SPAM X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: local policy) Received: from [83.90.230.146] (HELO cr.toftum.org) (83.90.230.146) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:45:17 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cr.toftum.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FC2C2EB640 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:44:55 +0100 (CET) Received: from cr.toftum.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (cr.toftum.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15966-07 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:44:51 +0100 (CET) Received: by cr.toftum.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CE3232ED982; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:44:51 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:44:51 +0100 From: Mads Toftum To: dev@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: mod_mbox helper scripts and programs Message-ID: <20060110174451.GI29257@cr> Mail-Followup-To: dev@httpd.apache.org References: <20060110165636.GA7384@bulix.org> <20060110172218.GG939@scotch.ics.uci.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060110172218.GG939@scotch.ics.uci.edu> X-Mailer: mutt X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at toftum.dk X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 09:22:18AM -0800, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > I think they do belong and should be included in a release. Namely, I > don't buy Roy's arguments against including them. The potential benefit to > understanding how mod_mbox works outweighs the slight cost of including > some small scripts. If anyone ever bothers to rewrite them, more power to > them. However, not including *any* documentation or examples in the > tarball seems much worse than excluding these scripts. > Agreed - they should at least be kept until there's a usable replacement either in the form of good docs or scripts rewritten to something slightly more commonly used than zsh. If "someone" were to contemplate making a general version of those scripts - what would have a reasonable chance of getting accepted? perl? ksh? C? vh Mads Toftum -- `Darn it, who spiked my coffee with water?!' - lwall