Subject: pkg/36569: mail/gotmail no longer usable, should be replaced with getlive
To: None <pkg-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: None <jasonb@myjclibrary.org>
List: pkgsrc-bugs
Date: 06/27/2007 22:00:00
>Number: 36569
>Category: pkg
>Synopsis: mail/gotmail no longer usable, should be replaced with getlive
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: low
>Responsible: pkg-manager
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 27 22:00:00 +0000 2007
>Originator: Jason Boyer
>Release: 3.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
irrelevent
>Description:
mail/gotmail is used to download messages from Hotmail.com, which has changed substantially since gotmail was last updated. The GotMail project has been superseded by the GetLive project at http://sourceforge.net/projects/getlive/. I can't see any benefit to keeping gotmail in pkgsrc, since it can no longer work and is no longer maintained.
>How-To-Repeat:
install mail/gotmail, configure, test, fail.
>Fix:
remove mail/gotmail, replace with getlive.