Re: Why DJB stopped to develop Qmail ?

On Tuesday, October  9 at 11:56 PM, quoth Delian Krustev:
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>I wonder why Dan stopped to develop Qmail 9 years ago.
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>Ok, it has great design. It is secure. It is fast. It is scalable, etc ..
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>But why the author abandoned this great piece of software ?

He stopped releasing new versions, yes, but that doesn't mean it's 
abandoned. Qmail2 is in the works, and he talked about it at least as 
recently as 2005. Additionally, he has released things like djbdns to 
address what have been recognized as the main bottlenecks in qmail.

But I would ask a different question: if you have a piece of software 
that does what it's supposed to do, quickly, securely, efficiently... 
why change it? To add feature fluff? Make it more complex than it 
needs to be? What are you expecting additional development to achieve?

I am secure in the knowledge that I do not have to upgrade my email 
server to stay safe, and that if I should ever have to, it will be big 
news. If new versions were released periodically, could I be so 
certain?

Anyway, this is a question that comes up periodically, and always 
generates a flurry of emails, always with the same answers, so that 
people who are used to nifty new features can vent their frustrations 
that qmail doesn't titillate their sense of adventure and others who 
have minor quibbles with various details can cry about their concern 
going unaddressed. If you're interested, I suggest you search the 
archives for your question. It's  been answered a bunch of times.