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authorMichael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org>2017-05-09 10:51:47 -0400
committerMichael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org>2017-05-09 10:51:47 -0400
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mail-filter/spamassassin: update description of USE=bayes flag.
A user asked us to enable Redis support for SpamAssassin in bug 617950, but it should already be there. SpamAssassin has its own "TinyRedis" client, and doesn't pull in any extra dependencies to enable it. This is somewhat confusing when you look at the REQUIRED_USE for SpamAssassin, which suggests that, to enable USE=bayes, you need to pick a particular database. I only see three solutions, none of which are great: 1. Introduce a USE=redis flag that does nothing. 2. Try to document the USE=bayes flag better, to make it clear that you get Redis support even with USE="-bayes". 3. Allow USE=bayes without picking a database driver. The first I've ruled out for aesthetic reasons, and the third I think could do more harm than good (to everyone who wants bayes without Redis). Therefore I've taken the second option, and updated the documentation for the local USE=bayes flag. It now mentions that you don't need USE=bayes to get the Redis bayes backend -- it's always there. Gentoo-Bug: 617950 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.3, Repoman-2.3.1
-rw-r--r--mail-filter/spamassassin/metadata.xml4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mail-filter/spamassassin/metadata.xml b/mail-filter/spamassassin/metadata.xml
index e62f9a749397..e2f64879e901 100644
--- a/mail-filter/spamassassin/metadata.xml
+++ b/mail-filter/spamassassin/metadata.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
<use>
<flag name="bayes">
Require a database (MySQL, SQLite, Postgres, or BerkDB) backend
- to enable the Bayesian filtering database.
+ to enable the Bayesian filtering database. If you use the Redis
+ backend, you do not need to enable this flag (Redis support is
+ enabled automatically, and has no external dependencies).
</flag>
<flag name="cron">
Install a cron job to update SpamAssassin's rules daily.