[Spambayes] What to do first?

Dan Mick dan.mick@sun.com
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 17:51:20 -0700


Tim Peters wrote:
> [Dan Mick]
> 
>>Well, it's a question of whether I build my own or not, and then
>>getting it deployed on servers I don't control, which are both pains.
>>If it's just True/False I'd like to beg for relief.  (I've already
>>hacked in "True = 1 False = 0" into several of the scripts since that
>>was the only immediate complaint.)
> 
> 
> This project requires 2.2.1, and that's the bottom line.  I don't want us
> wasting time rediscovering subtle bugs in 2.2, either; a lot of stuff got
> fixed for 2.2.1, and this project has lots of challenges without revisiting
> problems that have already been solved.

sigh.

> BTW, which platform are you on?  There are 2.2.1 RPMs for Linux, and
> precompiled versions for Macs and Windows.  Most everyone else seems to do
> "make install" and get a cup of coffee <wink>.

Solaris, as the email might suggest.  And it's not the compilation, it's 
the deployment.  As I said, I don't control the servers where it would need 
to be deployed.

I'll work on it; I'm not going to actually be using spambayes for actual 
mail filtering for a while yet, I'm guessing, anyway.