Re: RfD: Debian is not randomly installing services

[joey@finlandia.infodrom.north.de (Martin Schulze)]

Mark Eichin writes:
> 
> > The situation looks completely different if the server has its own
> > package, like `msqld' for the server and `msql' for the client.
> 
> Not really -- the user should still be prompted (or have some control
> over it) because the daemon package probably contains the
> *documentation* for the daemon!  I should be able to install a package
> in order to read the docs, and not have to run it...

Hmm, sounds reasonable.

Regards

	Joey

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