On Thu 26 Sep 2019 at 22:57:50 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 25 Sep 2019 at 18:12:25 (+0200), Sebastian Hyrwall wrote: > > On 2019-09-25 14:36, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Sebastian Hyrwall wrote: > > >> Just a question. Is there anyone except me that thinks that autostarting > > >> processes after installation , via apt, is completely bonkers? > > No, I think that's over the top. > > > >> It's been like this for ages but can anyone name any good reason for > > >> this to be default? > > Simply put, because a majority of people, perhaps, expect to install > packages in the expectation that they'll start performing their task > right away.
Another way of looking at this is - why install a package which isn't functional? Any security (or usability) concerns can be expressed in a bug report. -- Brian.
