Re: woody release task needs help: package priorities
Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> writes:
> On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 03:46:13AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > rcs few use it
> replace it with cvs
rcs and cvs solve very different problems. They are by no means
equivalent, and I use both, and I know lots of people who use both on a
regular basis. Replacing it with cvs is silly. Removing it because 'few
use it' seems wrong. Making cvs 'standard' in addition to cvs might have
some merit.
> > vacation why standard?
> > fingerd not very secure for baseline
> > ftpd not very secure for baseline
> > lpr not very secure for baseline, poss use lprng?
These fall, IMHO, under the /important/ description:
Important programs, including those which one would expect to find on any
Unix-like system. If the expectation is that an experienced Unix person who
found it missing would say `What on earth is going on, where is foo?', it
must be an important package. [4] Other packages without which the system
will not run well or be usable must also have priority important. This does
not include Emacs, the X Window System, TeX or any other large
applications. The important packages are just a bare minimum of
commonly-expected and necessary tools.
Experienced UNIX people [not necessarily experienced Debian people] will
become confused and critical when somethinglike the above are missing.
> why a print daemon? most user doesn't need such service
A lot of people rate being able to print as very important part of using a
computer.
> > talk rather obsolete, but debatable
> > talkd not very secure for baseline
> > telnetd not very secure for baseline
see above.
> wenglish I think it is only usefull with dict
No, it has nothing to do with dict. I believe this is the package that
provides /usr/share/dict/words, which has been around on UNIX systems [as
/usr/dict/words] since before many developers were born. [see above...]
kcr
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