Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 19:00:10 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1020038410.2c0d1a@mired.org> To: kudzu@tenebras.com Cc: Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/defaults/rc.conf theory Message-ID: <15557.62858.194694.421246@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3CC5EE7C.2030407@tenebras.com> References: <002d01c1ea7d$cf1cb060$c33a080a@LUCKYVAIO> <3CC4E3D4.6010603@tenebras.com> <15557.46037.660880.582373@guru.mired.org> <3CC5EE7C.2030407@tenebras.com>
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In <3CC5EE7C.2030407@tenebras.com>, Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> typed: > Mike Meyer wrote: > > Some mailer and some ssh need to be part of the base system. If they > > aren't up to snuff for you and you aren't happy disabling things in > > the base system and installing ports, then you need to find someone to > > maintain a version you want as part of the base system, and then > > convince everyone else that this is better. Tracking OpenSSL/OpenSSH > > closer is probably an easy sell. The same is not true for sendmail. > A mailer isn't needed for a dedicated router, or several other > types of appliance. Neither is ssh, if you connect exclusively > via the serial console. Of course I have ssh installed (I already > confessed). I just wish configuration were easier. True, but a router etc. isn't a complete system. > Why shouldn't everything be a package? Well, not the kernel, loader, > etc. but nearly everything in userland. You deleted the critical comment I made. If you want to help make everything a package, the libh project is always looking for people. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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