The Problems of Perl: The Future of Bugzilla

[Jochen Wiedmann]

On 5/12/07, David Miller <justdave at bugzilla.org> wrote:

> Bugzilla.  Our end-users seem to detest external dependencies, so we
> always have to evaluate how much bang we're getting out of a perl module
> before adding it,

If so, then I really wonder about the rationale to replace the old
framework for sending mails (as used in 2.22) with the new framework.
I fail to see the advantage, but I clearly do see the disadvantage
with the approximately 20 or so different modules for the simple
purpose of sending mail.

Jochen


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