Re: Debian IS for the enterprise (Was: Debian Enterprise?)
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 02:43, Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@debian.org> wrote:
> > Let's consider for the sake of discussion that this package cull involved
> > removing Postfix and KDE (we have Exim and GNOME).
>
> Postfix is needed in the 'Enterprise'. Just because we have Exim, don't
Substitute Postfix for some other package you don't like.
> meen we can't have multiple choises. Some entrprises would REFUSE to run
> anything than Sendmail (or qmail in my case). If that isn't supplied, I
> wouldn't be able to run Debian GNU/Linux. Choise is good, but I think we've
> overdone it...
Are you trolling or are you really too stupid to understand my previous
message, I'll repeat the relevant part again:
Let's consider for the sake of discussion that this package cull involved
removing Postfix and KDE (we have Exim and GNOME).
This would force me to build my own packages of Postfix and KDE instead of
doing some of the other things I do (or maybe change to a distribution that
had KDE).
Removing packages from a commercial distro will allow resources to be deployed
elsewhere. Removing packages from Debian would result in a duplication of
work as every developer who wants the package in question maintains their own
build tree, and thus takes resources away from other development.
People who use my packages such as Bonnie++, Postal, and SE Linux in the
enterprise would really hate you if you got KDE removed from Debian. It
would significantly reduce the amount of time I can spend on the other
things.
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