Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2000 13:44:19 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Glenn Johnson <gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/isc-dhcp - Imported sources Message-ID: <395F9B93.E658486F@softweyr.com> References: <20000628101529.A63423@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> <200006281721.KAA03680@john.baldwin.cx> <20000629002926.A17817@gforce.johnson.home>
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Glenn Johnson wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 10:21:30AM -0700, John Baldwin wrote:
>
> > On 28-Jun-00 Glenn Johnson wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 10:55:03AM -0700, John Baldwin wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 27-Jun-00 David O'Brien wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >> I would vote for pulling the server stuff into contrib too.
> > >> >
> > >> > I'd really rather dike out the client from the isc-dhcp port
> > >> > instead. (for those systems that have /sbin/dhclient).
> > >>
> > >> I prefer this option. Most people don't need a DHCP server.
> > >
> > > Just my 2 cents here but isn't FreeBSD suppose to be a server OS? So
> > > shouldn't a server OS have a DHCP server in the base system?
> >
> > By that argument we should import the apache web server, samba, or
> > something similar into the system.
>
> I do not think DHCP fits into the same category as a web server or
> samba, etc. I do not think you can just throw a blanket over all
> "servers" and say one is the same as another.
>
> > Being a server platform does not mean that you have to ship with lots
> > of servers, it means you provide a stable, well-preforming environment
> > on which one can run those servers.
>
> Agreed, but some would say that FreeBSD *does* ship with a lot of
> servers: sendmail, bind, sshd, rlogind, rshd, telnetd, ftpd, ntpd, nis,
> nfs, uucp, ...
Many of the above are needed on all network-connected systems; dhcpd is
typically needed only on one server per DHCP "domain". If possible, we
should try to install only the server executables that are useful in the
general sense. Installing a dhcpd port or package isn't that difficult,
is it?
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