On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 05:05:30PM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote: > | > In low end systems running dropbear as a standalone service consumes > | > memory. However dropbear supports running the service from inetd.conf so > | > please offer installation choices like: > | I don't want that. (1) I don't like debconf questions for package > | configuration options; (2) I don't recommend running dropbear under > | inetd, better use tcpsvd from ipsvd, if not standalone; (3) it's trivial > | for an administrator to do manually. > > I would consider using debconf as a service to the end users that > install Debian packages. Dropbear does support inetd, so it should be > irrelevant for the maintainer how the end user selects to install it.
Um, no, I actually support the packages I maintain. > Debian offers good tools to manage inet.conf, so it would enhance the > dropbear package if it made use of them. Manual install is alwys more > tedious than a good packaging in the long run. Not to mentioo package > removals (how can one remember all manual tweakings?) Well, I'm sorry to say that I disagree in all points, we seem to have different views on Debian developer's duties and package quality. Regards, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
