Op di 21-10-2003, om 19:13 schreef Roberto Sanchez: > Olav Lavell wrote: > > >>The Debian base system is too much? > > > > Isn't it? > > > > Why would one ever install Exim in a _base_ system? To name just > > one. > > I believe because certain things (like the daily update of the man and > locate databases) depend on the ability to send mail to a user on the > system if there is a failure or a problem.
I know, I know - I just don't agree 100% with that policy, that's all :) Why does anything want to send mail to anyone on a Linux system? Can't they read log files? :) Sending mail to an administrator is luxury, not necessity. > Thus, without such funcitonality it would be a broken system. No, it would just be a smaller system. Less installed packages & less complex depencies = easier to maintain. (roughly) > BTW, exim can be configured to only do local mail deliveries (i.e., no > incoming mail from other hosts and no outgoing mail to other hosts). I know, I know - but you can't just drop it altogether without a lot of hassle. Oh, and it's not a big deal either, please don't think I'm against Debians standard choices for installation. I agree that for 90% of all cases the Debian base system is exactly right. And a good base to build your system further. I did not mean to start a discussion on this. -- Met vriendelijke groet, Olav. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
