tags 281974 wontfix thanks At Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:44:16 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > 281974 cupsys: allow not starting on boot > This is not "monkeying with the links behind maintainers' backs", this is > the *documented interface* for changing which daemons run in which > runlevels. Asking individual maintainers to reinvent the same per-package > solution for opting not to start a service in the default runlevel is > wasteful and ill-designed. We need a central, user-friendly interface for > managing start script policies, not to pick off 100 different packages > one-by-one until they're all trying to duplicate the same code with > different bugs each time. > > I hope that at least the cupsys maintainer will close this bug without > mangling the package in this fashion; there's no reason to have the cupsys > server package installed if you're not going to use it as a server. If you > can't be bothered to move a symlink so that you only have to start cupsys > "once a year" when you're printing, then FFS, surely you can at least remove > the package using the package management interface and only install it when > you need it. That's bound to save you disk space on keeping an unpacked > copy around, as well as bandwidth for security updates you wouldn't need.
I agree with Steve. For record this issue, I don't 'close' but set 'wontfix'. Thanks, -- Kenshi Muto [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
