On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 10:35:13AM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: > On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:17:38 +0200, "Bernhard R. Link" <brl...@debian.org> > wrote: > ... > > > - Taking time to download and install, which increases the time and > > > bandwidth needed to install or upgrade a Debian system. > > > > Please drop the "upgrade". If you deinstall it there is no cost at > > upgrading. > > I think the point here is that people that accept a default install are > liable to not be brave enough to remove chunks of the system, or even > perceptive enough to notice that some daemon that seems to be surplus to > requirements is running, let alone then doing the work to find out that > they can safely remove it, and then actually do so. > > Also, most normal users will never remove it on the basis that it's > "standard" (assuming that they discover that fact). > > That being the case, they will get every upgrade.
Thank you for your much clearer restatement of the problem. That's exactly what I mean, and what I'd like to avoid by removing an MTA from standard. - Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111015170101.GA22885@leaf
