Paul Wise <p...@debian.org> writes: > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Thomas Goirand wrote:
>> <sum-up> >> It's looking like some of the options are confusing for both advanced >> users and newbies. The technologies behind the tasks are hidden, and >> there's no obvious way to know what will happen (other than looking at >> the package source of tasksel in debian/control). For example: >> >> - database-server: commonly one would expect MySQL, and postgress gets >> installed > Isn't tasksel for people with no expectations? People who know > something about the technology they are looking for will install the > relevant packages instead of following tasksel recommendations. Yes, and that's the problem. People with no expectations aren't going to install a database server directly (for one thing, there's no standardized way to interact with the server; you have to know at least basic connection information that depends on the type). People with expectations are going to immediately ask "but *which* database server?" It's not like a mail server, where one can sort of assume you want SMTP in and POP/IMAP out. A task like "MySQL database server" would make sense, but at that point it's not clear what you gain over just installing mysql-server. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87bnqpwovn....@hope.eyrie.org
