On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 06:05:13PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > That's been the policy, but's it's stupid nowadays. It's too easy to > pull in an unexpected service when installing something with all the > tasks and dependency chains. There needs to be a mode where a user can > say, "I don't want to be a server" and no longer needs to worry about > accidentally becoming a server.
I agree. I have often had machines which are provided limited, special services and for which I specifically did *not* want *any* httpd. Just try to get a reasonable single-service server configured out of a debian install without resorting to manual hacks. You are stuck with a mail server and a web server, like it or not. I deal with it, but it just creates a lot of extra work and long term support headaches.
