Re: [desktop] Installation of mail server by default
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 01:01:39PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> wrote:
> > Other issues are:
> > * You can not install both to read documentations
>
> Documentation of most MTAs is available in separate packages.
True. Beside we can install packages in turn without purging.
> > * This conflicts move postfix to "extra" instead of "optional".
>
> Is this a real issue?
No, as long as there is a way to make us aware of some of these important
extra packages.
I think the issue is that user perception of extra is insignificant packages.
This is a separate issue of "archive choice presentation to user" issue.
> > But issue is does the maintainer of those daemon will agree, this is
> > questionable.
>
> Correct. I think that making it possible to install several MTAs at
> the same time is simply not worth the trouble because the benefits are
> questionable.
True.
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