Post by @netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org

@netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org

2026-10-20 12:29 UTC

@ell1e@hachyderm.io @drew@social.freebitcoin.gay we unfortunately don't have the resources to fork and take over maintenance of large software projects like Postfix and BIND, but thankfully they are entirely optional. their choices also advance the argument for having a smaller base system by default.

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@ell1e@hachyderm.io 2026-10-20 12:49

@netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org @drew@social.freebitcoin.gay ah, I see, yes for third-party projects I understand. But in that case, it would be nice to have some sort of table to understand what is slop free. I think more transparency would make people way more at ease if the guideline needs to be occasionally broken. (My apologies if this already exist, perhaps it should be linked then on this page: https://www.netbsd.org/developers/commit-guidelines.html after the paragraph talking about LLMs.)

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@drj@typo.social 2026-10-20 21:30

@netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org @ell1e@hachyderm.io i was just wondering if my NetBSD on my tiny Netbook need postfix. Or a mailserver. or mail. Just pipe through « mail » if you must. Like good old days.

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@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-10-25 00:11

@netbsd@mastodon.sdf.org If Postfix and BIND are doing the thing, there may soon not be much of a Net for NetBSD to connect to… 😬 @ell1e@hachyderm.io @drew@social.freebitcoin.gay

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