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Re: And now for something completely different... etch!



On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 09:37:29AM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 02:32:53PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 01:03:12AM +0200, Javier Fern?ndez-Sanguino Pe?a wrote:
> > > - inetd begone! -> xinetd (better mechanism to control DoS, privilege
> > >   separation, etc.)
> > 
> > xinetd begone. There is no justification for using anything resembling
> > inetd on a modern system.
> > 
> Why?  What if I prefer to have something from inetd only when necessary
> instead of constantly running daemons everywhere?

Why on earth would you? It's just more administrative overhead, and
yet another package you didn't need.

> > > - Better OS backup management  -> upgrade rollback?
> > 
> > Selecting one of the many existing viable methods is pointless, as
> > most people will just have to get rid of it again before using
> > whatever they prefer. Creating a new one seems equally pointless. We
> > do not have a shortage of backup tools. If you have specific issues
> > with the particular tool you use, you know where to send them.
> > 
> I think he was referring to being able to rollback to an earlier version
> of an installed package.  Something which is currently not supported,
> AIUI.  Maybe even an earlier release of Debian.

It's supported just fine if you take backups at the appropriate
moment. I can't think of any useful way in which it could be more
supported than that.

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