On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 4:08 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoar...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> +1. I want these profiles to *staty*. I am using this profile on my >> "home boxes". It is the most minimal profile as the rest of the >> profiles pull in too much useless stuff. What is wrong with these >> profiles anyway? > > Looking at the actual profiles themselves, using server vs the base > profile makes these changes: > USE="-perl -python snmp truetype xml" > > So, you're getting less perl/python support, but you're getting snmp, > truetype, and xml. > > I think overall you'd get a more minimal setup with the base profile, > and if you really want -perl/-python you could just set those in your > USE. I'd think that your home box would be more likely to benefit > from perl/python support on packages than having snmp support. But, > to each his own... > > I'd be all for there being an actual minimal profile, but I don't > think server really is that. > > Rich >
Removing python and perl support is good enough to justify that this profile is "minimal" ;) Moreover, snmp is something you really want in 24/7 boxes. Anyhow, I see no reason to remove these profiles just because they are 'similar' to the base profile. But I do agree to remove the ewarn message as it a bit annoying if you update such systems often enough. -- Regards, Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
