* Neil Williams (codeh...@debian.org) [111015 22:23]: > The problem with "Standard" is that it is currently (and heavily) biased > towards multi-user servers and most of the replies in this thread which > decry the absence of an MTA would appear to come from those principally > concerned with servers. It just doesn't fit with desktop users or > embedded users.
"Standard" is just another word for "what someone expect so it's considered as normal unix", which *is* a multi-user server. Perhaps the task isn't named perfect, but that's just what standard is. > It appears to be based on an > assumption that an experienced sysadmin will connect to the box and > wonder where stuff has gone. Oh yes, that's the definition. > That *must* be context-sensitive - many > routers are Unix / Linux - some may use .deb packaging systems (at > least in the programming stage). Nobody would expect those to have ALL > the packages from Priority: standard packages from the full Debian main > archive. Debian is just too fat for that. Nobody claims that. If you don't expect the standard unix things, then don't install standard. End of story. > The decision about whether some package is missing MUST be > context-sensitive. The only packages which are must are required. Andi -- 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/20111015202956.gd15...@mails.so.argh.org
