On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 03:46:13AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> ae not used as basic editor anymore, everyone seems to hate it
what do you think to include as basic editor? vim? and elvis-tiny for
boot-floopies?
> setserial rather inappropriate for non-i386, AFAIK
also it isn't need with kernel 2.4 anyway, I think
> libstdc++2.9 obsolete
> libident why? not used by other std package, pidentd
> exim we should move to postfix, IMHO
<g>
exim: Installed-Size: 1072
postfix: Installed-Size: 3223
> dpkg-ftp obsolete
> rcs few use it
replace it with cvs
> vacation why standard?
> fingerd not very secure for baseline
> ftpd not very secure for baseline
> lpr not very secure for baseline, poss use lprng?
why a print daemon? most user doesn't need such service
if it is necesary, why not use cups as standard?
> nfs-kernel-server why standard in god's name?
> rblcheck why standard?
exim use this? i don't know
> talk rather obsolete, but debatable
> talkd not very secure for baseline
> telnetd not very secure for baseline
other standard packages:
bin86 obselete with 2.2.x kernel AFAIK
gcc-3.0,gcc-3.0-base,cpp-3.0 if it is stable at release time this
will be okay
iamerican,ibritish hmm
ipchains,ipmasqadm woody includes kernel-source 2.4.x, so it
is obselete if using such kernel
libnss-db which user need this?
mtools only usefull for dos users
wenglish I think it is only usefull with dict
bastian
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